{"title":"Kindred spirits","authors":"Dennis Pottenger, R. Pottenger","doi":"10.4324/9781003146230-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003146230-12","url":null,"abstract":"The book offers an invaluable introduction to the topic of the representation of alcohol\u0000in literature and film from antiquity to the present.\u0000The first part deals with literature and includes a genealogy of the relationship between\u0000alcohol and fiction. The authors set two Victorian ghost stories and a Nigerian phantasmagorical\u0000fable as examples of how alcohol dilutes the boundaries between the\u0000living and the dead. The part devoted to film approaches the matter of alcohol both\u0000as a personal vice and a vehicle of social interaction. The authors explore American,\u0000Irish, and Polish films, paying particular attention to the masculinities they portray.\u0000The whole volume can serve as a textbook on these issues. The books and films analyzed\u0000will constitute an ample reading and viewing list for a university course.","PeriodicalId":244031,"journal":{"name":"Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120967466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}