Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650 (Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700)

This volume offers a unique historical perspective on the ways that everyday life in early modern London both challenged and constituted manhood. Through the close examination of literary texts, primary sources, and the material artifacts of urbanity, leading authors in the field of early modern studies explore a range of bad behaviors--binge drinking at taverns, dicing at gaming houses, and procuring prostitutes at barbershops--in order to challenge the notion that a corrupt city ruined innocent young men. This collection shows that alternative modes of manhood radically revised the emotional, imaginative, and cultural geographies of London. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 Series Editors’ Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction: Gendered Geographies of Vice......Page 14 Part I: Redefining Urban Masculinity: Taverns, Universities, and Gaming Houses......Page 32 1 Manly Drunkenness: Binge Drinking as Disciplined Play......Page 34 2 University of Vice: Drink, Gentility, and Masculinity in Oxford, Cambridge, and London......Page 58 3 The Social Stakes of Gambling in Early Modern London......Page 80 Part II: Sexualizing the City: Cathedrals, Brothels, and Barbershops......Page 100 4 Carnal Geographies: Mocking and Mapping the Religious Body......Page 102 5 “To what bawdy house doth your Maister belong?”: Barbers, Bawds, and Vice in the Early Modern London Barbershop......Page 128 Part III: Remapping Misconduct: Sewers, Shops, and Streets......Page 150 6 Coriolanus and the “rank-scented meinie”: Smelling Rank in Early Modern London......Page 152 7 Vicious Objects: Staging False Wares......Page 174 8 City of Angels: Theatrical Vice and The Devil is an Ass......Page 198 Afterword: A Question of Morality......Page 218 Contributors......Page 230 B......Page 234 D......Page 235 E......Page 236 H......Page 237 M......Page 238 P......Page 239 S......Page 240 V......Page 242 Z......Page 243 Leading Authors In The Field Of Early Modern Studies Explore A Range Of Bad Behaviours - Like Binge Drinking, Dicing, And Procuring Prostitutes At Barbershops - In Order To Challenge The Notion That Early Modern London Was A Corrupt City That Ruined Innocent Young Men. Cover; Contents; List Of Figures; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Gendered Geographies Of Vice; Part I: Redefining Urban Masculinity: Taverns, Universities, And Gaming Houses; 1 Manly Drunkenness: Binge Drinking As Disciplined Play; 2 University Of Vice: Drink, Gentility, And Masculinity In Oxford, Cambridge, And London; 3 The Social Stakes Of Gambling In Early Modern London; Part Ii: Sexualizing The City: Cathedrals, Brothels, And Barbershops; 4 Carnal Geographies: Mocking And Mapping The Religious Body. Edited By Amanda Bailey And Roze Hentschell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.