Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650
Authors: Bailey, A., Hentschell, R.
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- About this book
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Leading authors in the field of early modern studies explore a range of bad behaviours - like binge drinking, dicing, and procuring prostitutes at barbershops - in order to challenge the notion that early modern London was a corrupt city that ruined innocent young men.
- About the authors
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AMANDA BAILEY is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, USA.
ROZE HENTSCHELL is Associate Professor of English at Colorado State University, USA. - Reviews
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" Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550-1650 offers a new account of the pleasures and dangers of early modern London. Instead of focusing on moralist diatribe, the essays collected here consider the mostly masculine culture of drinking, gaming, play-going, rioting, violence, and sex that shaped the urban subject in the century during which London s population and its geography expanded exponentially. By focusing on the social spaces in which vice took place - from the central aisle of St. Paul s to barbers shops and bawdy houses, these essays draw on the work of cultural geographers as well as social historians to revise rigid patriarchal narratives and help us rethink early modern masculinity. A well-chosen collection useful for both teaching and research." - Karen Newman, Professor of English, New York University
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Gendered Geographies of Vice
Pages 1-17
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Manly Drunkenness: Binge Drinking as Disciplined Play
Pages 21-44
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University of Vice: Drink, Gentility, and Masculinity in Oxford, Cambridge, and London
Pages 45-65
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The Social Stakes of Gambling in Early Modern London
Pages 67-86
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Carnal Geographies: Mocking and Mapping the Religious Body
Pages 89-113
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650
- Authors
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- A. Bailey
- R. Hentschell
- Series Title
- Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Amanda Bailey and Roze Hentschell
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-10614-7
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230106147
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-62366-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-38499-0
- Series ISSN
- 2634-5897
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 230
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations
- Topics
