Deviant matter : ferment, intoxicants, jelly, rot /

A deeply historicized engagement with the new materialism, and a reading of the aesthetics of state biopower in the context of the rise of microbiology, Deviant Matter looks at the history of food, science, medicine and intoxication to explain how particular kinds of matter, including jelly, rot, in...

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Main Author:	Tompkins, Kyla Wazana (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2024].
Series:	Sexual cultures.
Subjects:	Food habits > Social aspects. Diet > Social aspects. Alcoholic beverages > Social aspects. Microbiology > History.