To browse Academia. It is my great fortune to have an exceptional network of colleagues, mentors, friends, and family members who supported this project over the years. The research and writing of this book was made possible through the generous support of a Bowdoin College Faculty Research Fellowship and Fulbright Junior Research Grant, both of which allowed me to spend the academic year in Berlin, the city that continues to inspire me as a teacher and a scholar.
I thank the librarians and archivists at the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, the Geheimes Staatsarchiv and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, the Landesarchiv Berlin, and the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek for granting me access to their rich collections and answering my inquiries with patience and generosity.
Cornelia Pastelak-Price of the Jeanne-Mammen-Stiftung and Rainer Herrn of the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft have my gratitude for their sincere interest in my work; they have become trusted friends and colleagues.
The Humboldt University's Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies ZtG was my host institution while in Berlin, and its managing director at the time, Christina von Braun, made me feel most welcome. I am lucky to be a part of the dynamic and collegial Department of German at Bowdoin College. The sound advice, encouragement, and feedback I received from Helen Cafferty, Steve Cerf, and Birgit Tautz were invaluable to this project. Colleagues and friends from the broader Bowdoin community also read and commented on various portions of the manuscript, fellowship applications, or publishing materials, and I am especially grateful to.
Thank you for not calling me crazy when I suggested a double departmental thesis and thank you to every administrator who let me convince them I could do it without losing my sanity. Thank you to the friends who took this expedition with me-willingly Leah Dooley and Natalie Castillo or unwillingly Ben Targan, the victim of my verbal processing -but kept me mostly lucid the whole way. Thank you to all of my beloved History, Philosophy, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty who supported me and helped me grow personally and academically over these past four years.
