Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-40009-2 (ISBN)
Examining the paradoxical position of cocaine in this period by looking at its role as an icon of technology, modernity and idealised medical identity, alongside developing notions of habituation and dependence, this book reads texts such as the Sherlock Holmes stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as work by Arthur Machen, W.C Morrow and Aleister Crowley.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.
Douglas Small is a Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature at Edge Hill University, UK.
Introduction
1. Coca Leaves, Edward Weston, and the Victorian Origins of Sports Doping
2. Conquerors of Pain: Cocaine Anaesthesia and the Ideal Medical Man
3. Brutal Fashions: Cosmetic Surgery and Tattooing at the Fin-de-Siècle
4. Cocaine Bugs and the Horrors of Addiction
5. Sherlock Holmes and Cocaine in Canon and Comedy: Profession, Pleasure,
and the Zany
6. White Powder, White Fears: Race, Sex, and Masculinity in the Jazz Age
Conclusion
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.01.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities |
| Zusatzinfo | 11 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-40009-2 / 1350400092 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-40009-2 / 9781350400092 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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