Julia Skelly Book order

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Decadence, Feminism and "Excess" Chapter 1: Consuming Craft, Cupcakes and Cocaine: Orly Cogan, Shane Waltener and Shelley Miller Chapter 2: Pleasure Craft: Nava Lubelski, Mickalene Thomas and Shary Boyle Chapter 3: Bad Women?: Tracey Emin, Ghada Amer and Allyson Mitchell Chapter 4: "The Decaying Fabrics of Life and Death": Rozanne Hawksley's Textile Art Bibliography -- Index

Challenging the notion that addiction can be identified through physical appearance, this book presents visual imagery as unreliable in recognizing alcoholics and drug addicts. Skelly analyzes various forms of art and media, addressing topics like societal fears surrounding maternal drinking, the punishment of addicts, the experiences of female alcoholics in 19th-century London, and soldiers' reliance on substances like cocaine and tobacco to manage trauma post-World War I.