Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 218 g
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 218 g
ISBN: 978-90-485-6470-5
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in Rembrandt’s Time focuses on the generation of rich young men that grew up in the seventeenth century in the Dutch Republic. These men had more money to spend on clothes, music, and recreation than the generation before them. This fascinating account of male adolescence in the Dutch Republic reveals how young men including Rembrandt van Rijn disregarded conservative values and rebelled against the older generation, and consequently created a new youth culture that was similar to the one of the 1960s. They had long hair, wore colorful and extravagant clothing, and started taking drugs. Theirs was the first generation in European history to smoke tobacco. Moreover, they defied conventional norms and values with their promiscuity and by singing lewd songs in their free time.
With his engaging storytelling-style filled with humorous anecdotes, Roberts convincingly shows how deviant male youth behavior is a feature of all ages, especially in periods when youngsters have too much free time and money.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1. The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century, Was Rembrandt queer? Otto Copes, 1629, The Dutch Global Age, A country full of young people, Rembrandt’s Amsterdam, The wedding party, Jeunesse dorée, Consumer goods, A fascination with children, Founding fathers of a new society, Young people in the Republic.
2. Violence, College life, Frères d’armes, Armed young men, Student violence, Nations, Karel Vijgh, Loco parentis, Group behavior, Channeling violence.
3. The Prodigal Son, The ‘Hair War’, Youth fashion, Bling-bling, Bright colors, Calculated sloppiness, Pimped-up clothing, Fashion and moralism.
4. Alcohol, College life, Symposia, Drinking games, The Bentvueghels, Chambers of rhetoric, Foreign youths, From bad to worse, Daniel Souterius, Dirck Pietersz. Pers, Father Cats.
5. Sex, Whore-hopping, Public courting, Puberty in seventeenth-century Holland, Rembrandt, the late bloomer, Masturbation, Sodomy, Blurring sexual boundaries, Sex education, STDs.
6. Drugs, A new trend, Adriaen Brouwer, Belladonna, Young people and novelty, Doom and gloom, Smoking: a burning issue, Medical discourse.
7. Rock ’n’ Roll, Bredero, Jan Jansz Starter, Secular songbooks, ‘Blowing the whistle’ 8. Conclusion, Rembrandt, 1650, Founding fathers, Moderation, Education and the Dutch mentality.
Acknowledgements, Index.
