Art, Medicine, and Femininity

Visualising the Morphine Addict in Paris, 1870–1914

Intoxicating Histories

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Pristatymas gali užtrukti 2-3 sav.

TASUTA kohaletoimetamine

264 psl.

2023 m.

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Vöötkood: 9780228019909
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Rampant morphine addiction in Third Republic France captured the imagination of artists in Paris. However, while the majority morphine users were male medical professionals, artists almost always pictured a female addict. Art, Medicine, and Femininity explores the societal impact of the feminization of addiction in this corpus of images.