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Rampant morphine addiction in Third Republic France captured the imagination of artists in Paris. However, while the majority morphine users were male medical professionals, artists almost always pictured a female addict. Art, Medicine, and Femininity explores the societal impact of the feminization of addiction in this corpus of images.



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‘Hannah Halliwell makes a persuasive and ultimately convincing argument for the pathologising and feminisation of addiction through a compelling analysis of understudied works of art. I very much enjoyed reading this book.’ Kelly Ricciardi Colvin, University of Massachusetts, Boston and author of Charm Offensive: Commodifying Femininity in Postwar France

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/12/2023
      ISBN13: 9780228019909, 978-0228019909
      ISBN10: 0228019907

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Rampant morphine addiction in Third Republic France captured the imagination of artists in Paris. However, while the majority morphine users were male medical professionals, artists almost always pictured a female addict. Art, Medicine, and Femininity explores the societal impact of the feminization of addiction in this corpus of images.



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      ‘Hannah Halliwell makes a persuasive and ultimately convincing argument for the pathologising and feminisation of addiction through a compelling analysis of understudied works of art. I very much enjoyed reading this book.’ Kelly Ricciardi Colvin, University of Massachusetts, Boston and author of Charm Offensive: Commodifying Femininity in Postwar France

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