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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Sexual cultures.
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| Summary: | 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, intoxicants and ferment, became figures for deviant life as new sciences of hygiene and energy management became tools of state power. |
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| Physical Description: | 267 pages, [16] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479819201 1479819204 9781479819225 1479819220 |