Addiction and British Visual Culture, 1751–1919

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Addiction and British Visual Culture, 1751–1919 is written by Ms Julia Skelly and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1409435563 (ISBN 10) and 9781409435563 (ISBN 13).

This book investigates and problematizes the long-held belief that addiction is legible from the body, thus positioning visual images as unreliable sources in attempts to identify alcoholics and drug addicts. Examining paintings, graphic satire, photographs, advertisements and architectural sites, Skelly explores such issues as on-going anxieties about maternal drinking; the punishment and confinement of addicted individuals; the mobility of female alcoholics through the streets and spaces of nineteenth-century London; and soldiers' use of addictive substances such as cocaine and tobacco to cope with traumatic memories following the First World War.