{"product_id":"drunk-with-the-glitter-1","title":"Drunk with the Glitter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrunk with the Glitter\u003c\/em\u003e examines the ways in which urban modernity reshapes 'cultural experience'. In particular, it explores the ways that categories of sexual identity and behaviour were reformulated in relation to the restructuring of urban space and the introduction of new cultures of consumption in a period of modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did the 'altered conditions' of postwar Britain help to inaugurate new patterns of sociability, cultural attachment and intimate encounter?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter focuses on an area of public controversy which directed attention to those forms of sexual instability identified as threatening to national cohesion, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esexual excitations in World War Two Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe identification of the 'problem girl'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e'distractibility' and 'synthetic culture' in postwar Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprostitution in new cosmopolitan cultures in the 1950s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cem\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e and debates over male homosexuality in the 1950s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe scandalous figure of Stephen Ward in the Profumo Affair.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225114497368,"sku":"9780415061308","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415061308_6811c9e6-86e9-4985-b53a-7de746e1d3a0.jpg?v=1769770809","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/drunk-with-the-glitter-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}