
Art, Medicine, and Femininity
Visualising the Morphine Addict in Paris, 1870–1914
Intoxicating Histories
Kirjeldus
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.
