Making a Man : Gentlemanly Appetites in the Nineteenth-Century British Novel - 9780821418543

Addresses consumption of food, drink, and drugs in the conspicuously consuming 19th century in order to explore the question of what, in fact, makes a man in novels of the period. This book analyzes the rituals of dining room, opium den, and cocaine lab and the ways in which these alimentary behaviors make, unmake, and remake the gentlemanly body.

• | : Gwen Hyman
• | Publisher: Ohio University Press
• | Publication Date: May 12, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0821418548
• | ISBN-13: 9780821418543