Private Spirits, Public Lives: Sober Citizenship, Shame and Secret Drinking in Victorian Britain
(2021)
Journal Article
Beckingham, D. (2021). Private Spirits, Public Lives: Sober Citizenship, Shame and Secret Drinking in Victorian Britain. Journal of Victorian Culture, 26(3), 419-434. https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcab008
This article considers Victorian concerns about the rise of secret drinking amongst respectable women. These new, apparently dangerous, practices were blamed on licensed grocers and even railway station refreshment rooms. Understandings of different... Read More about Private Spirits, Public Lives: Sober Citizenship, Shame and Secret Drinking in Victorian Britain.