TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Benjamin ED - Project Muse. TI - Sex and Drugs before Rock 'n' Roll : : Youth Culture and Masculinity during Holland's Golden Age / T2 - Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age SN - 9789048515707 PY - 2012///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Young men KW - Social life and customs KW - fast KW - Sexual behavior KW - Young men in art KW - Alcohol use KW - Masculinity KW - Manners and customs KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Minority Studies KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Regional and national history KW - bicssc KW - Humanities KW - History KW - European history KW - Jeunes hommes dans l'art KW - Masculinite KW - Pays-Bas KW - Histoire KW - 17e siecle KW - Jeunes hommes KW - Sexualite KW - Consommation d'alcool KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Netherlands KW - 17th century KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Prologue --; New approach to youth --; Sex and drugs before rock 'n' roll --; The phase of life recognized as 'Youth' --; Rites of passage --; Prodigal son --; Youth culture --; Holland -- heart of the Republic --; Masculinity --; Before rock 'n' roll --; 1; The Generation of the 1620s and 1630s --; Risk-taking behavior --; Marriage --; Amsterdam -- a seventeenth-century boomtown --; 2; Appearance and Clothing in the 1620s and 1630s --; Long hair --; Cavaliers --; Republic sans court culture --; Silk ribbons and metalic accessories --; Bright colors --; Calculated slovenliness --; Sumptuary rite of passage --; Extravagant clothing and the Prodigal Son --; 3; Drinking Like a Man --; Rite of passage --; Follies of youth --; Moral instruction --; Alcohol and young men from the upper and middle classes --; Honoring Bacchus --; Male bonding: cross social and economic drinking --; Alcohol and young men from the lower echelons --; 4; Violence --; Violence -- a rite of passage --; Collective socialization process --; Unequal partners --; Urban socialization process --; Violence and the lower ranks --; Rebelling against authority --; Violence and the upper and middle classes --; Loco parentis --; Armed young men --; Student violence -- a rite of passage --; Shattering glass --; Nations --; Channelled violence --; 5; Sexuality and Courting --; Sex education --; Sexual maturity --; Masturbation --; Sodomy --; Courting activities --; Courting events --; Courting space --; Premarital chastity --; Sexual deviance abroad --; 6; Drugs? --; Tobacco and the young --; Smoking -- a burning debate --; Medical discourse --; Belladonna --; 7; Recreation before Rock 'n' Roll --; Youth literature --; War --; Adventure --; Love emblem books --; Song culture in the Republic --; Religious songbooks --; Secular songbooks --; Women and songbooks --; Song culture produced by and for the young --; Arcadian songbooks --; Boat trips --; Country rides --; Merrymaking at the beach --; Boundaries for the young --; Epilogue --; Masculine role models and a national identity? --; The dark passenger of male role models; Open Access N2 - Sex and Drugs Before the Rock 'n' Roll is a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and norms. This study reveals how these young men rebelled, breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing colorful clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs. Cogently argued, this study paints a compel UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66325/ ER -