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Table of Contents
Publishing Information
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Posthumous Libation and Naked Gyration: Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
Self-inflicted Welts and Chastity Belts: The Dark and Middle Ages
Bleeding to Death and Malodorous Breath: 1450–1650
Look at a Freak, or Play Hide-and-seek: 1650–1900
Prohibiting Booze, Goldfish in the News: 1900–1950
Concrete Blocks and Minuscule Frocks: The Fifties and Sixties
Immobile Pets and King Crimson Cassettes: The Seventies
Aerobic Larks and Abandoning Marx: The Eighties
Sugary Booze and Celtic Tattoos: The Nineties
Sudoku Puzzling and Viagra Guzzling: The 2000s
But Surely these can’t Last, Either? The Future
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