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Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650

Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650

Description

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.

Keywords

HistorySocial HistoryLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceGender StudiesModernEuropeanAnthropologyCultural & Social

2010Book

Author(s)Amanda Bailey

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9780230623668

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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