Sex and Drugs Before Rock 'n' Roll
Benjamin Roberts
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Sex and Drugs Before Rock 'n' Roll
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Sex and Drugs Before Rock ’n’ Roll is a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and norms. This study reveals how these young men rebelled, breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing colorful clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs. Cogently argued, this study paints a compelling portrait of the youth culture of the Dutch Golden Age, at a time when the rising popularity of print made dissemination of new cultural ideas possible, while rising incomes and liberal attitudes created a generation of men behaving badly.

Dit boek richt zich op één generatie van jonge mannen die werd geboren rond 1600 en volwassen werd tijdens het hoogtepunt van de Gouden Eeuw. Van bekende generatiegenoten, zoals Rembrandt van Rijn, wordt onderzocht hoe ze uiting gaven aan hun jongerencultuur en mannelijkheid. Roberts onderzoekt de mannelijkheid van deze jonge mannen op het gebied van uiterlijk, drinken, drugs, het gebruik van geweld, hun seksualiteit en hun manier van vrijetijdsinvulling. Hij laat zien hoe zij zich afzetten tegen de vorige generatie onder andere door hun lang haren, kleurrijke kleding, promiscuiteit en overmatig drankgebruik.

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English
ISBN
978-90-8964-402-2
Sex and Drugs before Rock ’n’ Roll
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Table of Contents
Prologue
New approach to youth
Sex and drugs before rock ’n’ roll
The phase of life recognized as ‘Youth’
Rites of passage
Prodigal son
Youth culture
Holland – heart of the Republic
Masculinity
Before rock ’n’ roll
Chapter 1
The Generation of the 1620s and 1630s
Risk-taking behavior
Marriage
Amsterdam – a seventeenth-century boomtown
Chapter 2
Appearance and Clothing in the 1620s and 1630s
Long hair
Cavaliers
Republic sans court culture
Silk ribbons and metalic accessories
Bright colors
Calculated slovenliness
Sumptuary rite of passage
Extravagant clothing and the Prodigal Son
Conclusion
Chapter 3
Drinking Like a Man
Rite of passage
Follies of youth
Moral instruction
Alcohol and young men from the upper and middle classes
Honoring Bacchus
Male bonding: cross social and economic drinking
Alcohol and young men from the lower echelons
Chapter 4
Violence
Violence – a rite of passage
Collective socialization process
Unequal partners
Urban socialization process
Violence and the lower ranks
Rebelling against authority
Violence and the upper and middle classes
Loco parentis
Armed young men
Student violence – a rite of passage
Shattering glass
Nations
Channelled violence
Chapter 5
Sexuality and Courting
Sex education
Sexual maturity
Masturbation
Sodomy
Courting activities
Courting events
Courting space
Premarital chastity
Sexual deviance abroad
Conclusion
Chapter 6
Drugs?
Tobacco and the young
Smoking – a burning debate
Medical discourse
Belladonna
Conclusion
Chapter 7
Recreation before Rock ’n’ Roll
Youth literature
War
Adventure
Love emblem books
Song culture in the Republic
Religious songbooks
Secular songbooks
Women and songbooks
Song culture produced by and for the young
Arcadian songbooks
Boat trips
Country rides
Merrymaking at the beach
Boundaries for the young
Conclusion
Epilogue
Masculine role models and a national identity?
The dark passenger of male role models
Notes
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Epilogue
Illustrati on Credit s
Bibliography
Sources
Archives
Literature
Bibliography
Index
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