Filth : dirt, disgust, and modern life / William A. Cohen and Ryan Johnson, editors.

Other author Cohen, William A.
Other author Johnson, Ryan, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxxxvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
English literature--England. --London. --History and criticism.
French literature--France. --Paris. --History and criticism.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
French literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Refuse and refuse disposal--History. --19th century.
Refuse and refuse disposal in literature.
Urban health--History. --19th century.
Sanitation--History. --19th century.
City and town life in literature.
London (England)--Social life and customs. --19th century.
Paris (France)--Social life and customs. --19th century.

Contents Good and intimate filth / Christopher Hamlin -- The new historicism and the psychopathology of everyday modern life / David Trotter -- Sewage treatments : vertical space and waste in nineteenth-century Paris and London / David L. Pike -- Medical mapping : the Thames, the body, and our mutual friend / Pamela K. Gilbert -- Confronting sensory crisis in the great stinks of London and Paris / David S. Barnes -- Victorian dust traps / Eileen Cleere -- "Dirty pleasure" : trilby's filth / Joseph Bristow -- Merdre! performing filth in the bourgeois public sphere / Neil Blackadder -- Foreign matter : imperial filth / Joseph W. Childers -- The dustbins of history: waste management in late-Victorian utopias / Natalka Freeland -- The Indian subject of colonial hygiene / William Kupinse -- Abject academy / Benjamin Lazier.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004013150
ISBN0816642990 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816643008 (pb : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR8477 .F55 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold