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" Sex, sects and society : "
Russell Davies.
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BL
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856316
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Davies, Russell,1957-
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Sex, sects and society : : 'pain and pleasure' : a social history of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945 /\ Russell Davies.
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Cardiff :: University of Wales Press,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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vi, 468 pages ;; 22 cm
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1786832135
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1786832143
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9781786832146
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9781786832153 (ePub ebook)
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9781786832160 (Mobipocket ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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'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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Dissenters, Religious-- Wales-- History-- 19th century.
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Dissenters, Religious-- Wales-- History-- 20th century.
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National characteristics.
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Sex-- Wales-- History-- 19th century.
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Sex-- Wales-- History-- 20th century.
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Dissenters, Religious.
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National characteristics.
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Sex.
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Social conditions.
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Wales, Church history, 19th century.
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Wales, Church history, 20th century.
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Wales, Social conditions, History, 19th century.
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Wales, Social conditions, History, 20th century.
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Wales.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.09429
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DA722.D38 2018
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