The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic

"Not only has Samper Vendrell written a book that is potentially generative of new histories of this moment, but his dexterity in handling the difficult themes of youth, consent, and abuse in the context of homosexual emancipation will also undoubtably serve as a model for future studies."

Christopher Ewing, Virginia Commonwealth University, H-German

"In this concise and conceptually elegant study, Javier Samper Vendrell examines the ideas, business enterprises, advocacy, and organizing work of Friedrich Radszuweit, a leading figure in the Weimar homosexual rights movement."

Edward Dickinson, University of California, Davis, H-Soz-Kult

“This book deserves a wide readership, for beyond its methodological lessons for historians it offers astute insight into the fragile advantages and serious limitations of a politicking grounded in superficial visibility and respectability and that continues to dominate mainstream queer organizations amidst a reactionary storm rumbling across North America.” Journal of History

“The book represents a valuable addition to recent studies of the politics of respectability in the first homosexual emancipation movement.” Andrea Rottmann, Freie Universität Berlin, Journal of the History of Sexuality

"Discussing the role that anxiety played in the topic of youth and homosexuality in the 1920s and 1930s, The Seduction of Youth tackles this subject as well as several other underappreciated issues that were used in an effort to mobilize cultural and government action against the homosexual movement." Clayton Whisnant, Department of History, Wofford College

"Javier Samper Vendrell has combed through many rare and not easily accessible journals from the 1920s, contributing to the book's extensive and insightful research on homosexuality and the League for Human Rights." Geoffrey J Giles, Department of History, University of Florida