{"product_id":"ambivalent-pleasures-soft-drugs-and-embodied-anxiety-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781501775468","title":"Ambivalent Pleasures; Soft Drugs and Embodied Anxiety in Early Modern Europe (Hardback) 9781501775468","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmbivalent Pleasures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSoft Drugs and Embodied Anxiety in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eScott K. Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501775468\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 9 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmbivalent Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores how Europeans wrestled with the novel experience of consuming substances that could alter moods and become addictive.\u003c\/b\u003e During the early modern period, psychotropic drugs like sugar, chocolate, tobacco, tea, coffee, distilled spirits like gin and rum, and opium either arrived in western Europe for the first time or were newly available as everyday commodities. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing from primary sources in English, Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish, Scott K. Taylor shows that these substances embodied Europeans' anxieties about race and empire, religious strife, shifting notions of class and gender roles, and the moral implications of urbanization and global trade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the writings of physicians, theologians, political pamphleteers, satirists, and others, \u003ci\u003eAmbivalent Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the emerging understanding of addiction; fears about the racial, class, and gendered implications of using these soft drugs (including that consuming them would make users more foreign); and the new forms of sociability that coalesced around their use. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven as Europeans' moral concerns about the consumption of these drugs fluctuated, the physical and sensory experiences of using them remained a critical concern, anticipating present-day rhetoric and policy about addiction to drugs and alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Unified Drug Culture\u003cbr\u003e 1. Stained with Spots of Human Blood: Disgust, Pleasure, and the Senses\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chocolate, or an Indian Drink: The Cultural Geography of Drugs and Alcohol\u003cbr\u003e 3. Who from Excess Is Free? Medicine and Addiction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Do We Take Physick Every Day? Early Modern Wellness and Self-Medication\u003cbr\u003e 5. And So the Game Goes Round: Women and Sociability\u003cbr\u003e 6. Who Should Poison the People? The Ethics of Commerce\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: An English Opium-Eater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735246401816,"sku":"9781501775468","price":34.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ambivalent-pleasures-soft-drugs-and-embodied-anxiety-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781501775468","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}