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1. 1. “The bottle of whiskey – a second one – was now in constant demand by all present” : Alcohol Consumption as Cultural Capital and Part of Habitus in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Magdalena Wojnar; [2020]
   Keywords : The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald; alcohol consumption; habitus; Pierre Bourdieu; Prohibition; 1920s; United States;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the status of alcohol consumption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925). The analysis focuses on character study reading of Jay Gatsby, and Tom and Daisy Buchanan in conjunction with Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of habitus, by placing habitus in the specific historical context of the novel. READ MORE