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Making a Man

- Gentlemanly Appetites in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel

Om Making a Man

Addresses consumption of food, drink, and drugs in the conspicuously consuming 19th century in order to explore the question of what, in fact, makes a man in novels of the period. This book analyzes the rituals of dining room, opium den, and cocaine lab and the ways in which these alimentary behaviors make, unmake, and remake the gentlemanly body.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780821418543
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 296
  • Utgitt:
  • 12. mai 2009
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 228x155x21 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 446 g.
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Leveringstid: 4-8 virkedager
Forventet levering: 6. januar 2025

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Addresses consumption of food, drink, and drugs in the conspicuously consuming 19th century in order to explore the question of what, in fact, makes a man in novels of the period. This book analyzes the rituals of dining room, opium den, and cocaine lab and the ways in which these alimentary behaviors make, unmake, and remake the gentlemanly body.

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