Sex and Drugs before Rock 'n' Roll: Youth Culture and Masculinity during Holland's Golden Age

Sex and Drugs Before the Rock ’n’ Roll is a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and no...

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1. Verfasser: Roberts, Benjamin B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2012]
Schriftenreihe:Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
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Zusammenfassung:Sex and Drugs Before the Rock ’n’ Roll is a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and norms. This study reveals how these young men rebelled, breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing colorful clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs. Cogently argued, this study paints a compelling portrait of the youth culture of the Dutch Golden Age, at a time when the rising popularity of print made dissemination of new cultural ideas possible, while rising incomes and liberal attitudes created a generation of men behaving badly
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)
Beschreibung:1 online resource 20 color plates, 10 halftones
ISBN:9789048515707
DOI:10.1515/9789048515707

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