عنوان

Sex, sects and society :

(Number (ISBN

1786832135

(Number (ISBN

9781786832139

Erroneous ISBN

1786832143

Erroneous ISBN

9781786832146

Erroneous ISBN

9781786832153 (ePub ebook)

Erroneous ISBN

9781786832160 (Mobipocket ebook)

Title Proper

Sex, sects and society :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

'pain and pleasure' : a social history of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Russell Davies.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cardiff :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Wales Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 468 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

'Dygwyl y Meirwon' (Festival of the Dead): Death, Transcendence and Transience -- 'Glyn cysgod angau': the valleys of the shadow of death -- 'The last dance': grief and ars moriendi (the art of dying) -- The Citadel: Pain, Anxiety and Wellbeing -- Healthy or Hungry Wales? -- 'The Massacre of the Innocents': infant and maternal mortality -- Endangered lives: disease and society -- Dead Souls: disasters and misadventures -- 'In place of fear': defences against death and disease -- Going Gently into that Good Night: Desolation, Dispiritedness and Melancholy -- 'Un Nos Ola Leuad' (One Moonlit Night): suicide -- The caves of alienation: worry, boredom and hysteria -- Where, When, What Was Wales and who were the Welsh? Contentment, Disappointment and Embarrassment -- 'Gwlad, Gwlad: Wales! Wales?' -- 'Yr hen ffordd Gymreig fyw': rural idylls -- Prometheus unbound: urban and industrial Wales -- Weird Wales -- 'Cry the beloved country': national character and identity -- 'The Way of all Flesh': Prudery, Passion and Perversion -- 'Yes Mog, Yes Mog, Yes, Yes, Yes': popular sexuality -- The Harlot's Progress: pimps, prostitutes and professionals -- Brief Encounters: alternative sexualities -- Love in a Cold Climate: Fidelity, Friendship and Fellowship -- 'The Alone to the Alone': the power of love and the battle to avoid loneliness -- 'Til death do us part': marriage, femininity and masculinity -- Bohemian Rhapsodies: Bohemian Wales and Welsh Bohemians -- Religion and Superstition: Fear, Foreboding and Faith -- 'Some trust in chariots': religion and Welsh society -- The re-enchantment of the world: the 1904-6 religious revival -- Blithe spirits: ghosts, ghouls and Gothic Wales -- 'Some enchanted evening': magic and the pursuit of happiness -- 'The Disenchantment of the World': the ebbing of religion and magic -- The Pursuit of Pleasure: Enthrallment, Happiness and Imagination -- 'It's in the Air': culture, technology and time in the first multimedia age -- 'The Battle to the Weak': sedentary pleasures -- 'Perchance to Dream': producers, players and performers -- 'Fields of praise': sport and society -- 'The Trip to Echo Spring': drink and dissolution -- 'Make Room for the Jester': happiness and humour.

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Title

SEX, SECTS AND SOCIETY.

International Standard Book Number

1786832135

Dissenters, Religious-- Wales-- History-- 19th century.

Dissenters, Religious-- Wales-- History-- 20th century.

National characteristics.

Sex-- Wales-- History-- 19th century.

Sex-- Wales-- History-- 20th century.

Dissenters, Religious.

National characteristics.

Sex.

Social conditions.

Wales, Church history, 19th century.

Wales, Church history, 20th century.

Wales, Social conditions, History, 19th century.

Wales, Social conditions, History, 20th century.

Wales.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Davies, Russell,1957-

Date of Transaction

20200823055450.0

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[Book]

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