Deviant Matter : Ferment, Intoxicants, Jelly, Rot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tompkins, Kyla Wazana.

Series:

Sexual Cultures Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.

Alcoholic beverages.

Diet--Social aspects.

Diet.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Food habits.

Microbiology--History.

Microbiology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2024.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : materiality, method

Hygiene

Ferment

Intoxication : sit down, whiteness, you're drunk

Rot : form, deform, decomposition

On the gelatinous

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Tompkins, Kyla Wazana Deviant Matter

ISBN:

9781479819218

OCLC:

1467879330