Occupied Bodies, Recognition, and Riot
The Transformation of White Male Popular Culture in Philadelphia, 1785-1850
Occupied Bodies, Recognition, and Riot
The Transformation of White Male Popular Culture in Philadelphia, 1785-1850
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Displays of Degradation is a study of the transition from traditional popular culture to the first forms of industrial popular culture among the white working population of Philadelphia. Building from a focus on ambivalent masculinity, the book argues that traditional culture was animated by apprehensions concerning male bodies and that the anxieties and pain associated with the representation of male bodies drove the dramatic transformation of Philadelphia popular culture after 1825.
Table of Contents
Part I: Traditional Culture
1. Questions of Cultural Transformation
2. Blustering Brags: Processes of Recognition in Traditional Culture
3. Tradition in Motion: The Changing World of Others
Part II: Cultural Failure
4. Citizens and Anti-Citizens: The Early Working Men
5. The General Strike of 1835: The Rise and Fall of the Trades Union
6. An Epidemic of Hallucination: Delirium Tremens and Cultural Failure
Part III: Cultural Transformation
7. Comic Substance: Blackface Minstrelsy During the 1830's
8. The Experience Speech: Washingtonian Temperance in Philadelphia
9. The Rioting Body: Violent Fire Companies, Identity, and Trauma
10. Festivals of Racial Suffering: The Blackface Bands
11. Moving Quickly: Early Permutations of the New Culture
Index
1. Questions of Cultural Transformation
2. Blustering Brags: Processes of Recognition in Traditional Culture
3. Tradition in Motion: The Changing World of Others
Part II: Cultural Failure
4. Citizens and Anti-Citizens: The Early Working Men
5. The General Strike of 1835: The Rise and Fall of the Trades Union
6. An Epidemic of Hallucination: Delirium Tremens and Cultural Failure
Part III: Cultural Transformation
7. Comic Substance: Blackface Minstrelsy During the 1830's
8. The Experience Speech: Washingtonian Temperance in Philadelphia
9. The Rioting Body: Violent Fire Companies, Identity, and Trauma
10. Festivals of Racial Suffering: The Blackface Bands
11. Moving Quickly: Early Permutations of the New Culture
Index
Product details
| Published | Sep 17 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 250 |
| ISBN | 9781666926729 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 5 tables |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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