Reading and disorder in antebellum America /

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"Historians of workingmen in the antebellum United States have long been preoccupied with labor politics and with the racism, nativism, and misogyny of their public culture. Reading and Disorder in Antebellum America expands our account of such men by asking questions about their social and bod...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stewart, David M. (David Malcolm), 1953-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2011]
Sujets:
Men > Books and reading > United States > History.
Working class men > Books and reading > United States > History.
Books and reading > Social aspects > United States > History.
Books and reading > Economic aspects > United States > History.
Hommes > Livres et lecture > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hommes de la classe ouvrière > Livres et lecture > États-Unis > Histoire.
Livres et lecture > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Livres et lecture > Aspect économique > États-Unis > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Books and reading > Social aspects
Men > Books and reading
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction. Reading and recreation in antebellum America
  • Part 1. City crime. City reading ; Theorizing disorder ; The erotics of space ; Narrating excess
  • Part 2. Bodily style. Reading bodies ; Cultural diet ; Accusing victims ; Men in public
  • Part 3. The poetics of intimacy. Intimacies of disorder ; Social poetics ; Sex and the police ; The joys of seduction ; The mysteries of chumship ; The trouble with men.

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