Addiction and British visual culture, 1751-1919 : wasted looks /: wasted looks. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julia Skelly.
• Other Names: Skelly, Julia
• Contents: Introduction : the visual politics of addiction -- Wasted mothers : reading William Hogarth's Gin lane -- From graphic satire to temperance art : George Cruikshank's addiction to sobriety -- Addictive architecture : the Crystal Palace, gin palaces and women's consumption -- Closeting addiction : confinement, punishment, concealment -- Advertising masculine vulnerability : cocaine and cigarettes after the 1st World War -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Burlington, VT : Ashgate
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 187 pages.)
• Subjects: 704.9/49362290941; Substance abuse in art; Art and society -- Great Britain; Art and society; Substance abuse in art; Alkoholismus; Drogenabhängigkeit; Kunst; Great Britain; Großbritannien
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351577489; 1351577484
• Related ISBNs: 9781409435563; 1409435563
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.