CHAPTER FIVE. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Anorexia: The Case of Oscar Wilde

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. Oscar Wilde in Japan: Aestheticism, Orientalism, and the Derealization of the Homosexual 41
6. CHAPTER THREE. Oscar Wilde, Erving Goffman, and the Social Body Beautiful 54
7. CHAPTER FOUR. The Importance of Being Bored: The Dividends of Ennui in The Picture of Dorian Gray 71
8. CHAPTER FIVE. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Anorexia: The Case of Oscar Wilde 90
9. CHAPTER SIX. Oscar Wilde and the Passion of the Eye 121
10. INDEX 161