The Obscure Object of Desire: Uniform Fetishism & Male Prostitution by Soldiers in Imperial Germany

Image of Imperial German soldiers in uniform
213 Miller Learning Center at the University of Georgia
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Jeffrey Schneider is Assoc. Professor of German and Chair of the German Studies Department at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. His teaching interests include language courses; drama; literature and culture from the turn of the century; popular culture; and lesbian, bisexual and gay studies. Together with Silke von der Emde, he developed an online German-language learning environment soldiers of Imperial Germanycalled MOOssiggang, which is currently used in the Intermediate German Sequence. In addition to articles on language learning, he is currently completing a book-length study tentatively entitled Uniform Fantasies: The Militarization of Masculinity and Male Desire in Imperial Germany. Jeffrey Schneider received his PhD in German Studies from Cornell University and his BA from Bates College.

Jeffrey Schneider
German Studies
Vassar College