TY - BOOK ID - 77902486 TI - A Necessary Luxury PY - 2008 SN - 0821442198 9780821442197 9780821418284 0821418289 9780821418291 0821418297 0978821418284 0978821418291 9788821418284 8821418286 9788821418291 8821418294 9788821418280 9788821418297 PB - Athens, OH Ohio University Press DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - Literature and society KW - Tea KW - Tea in literature. KW - National characteristics, English KW - English national characteristics KW - Camellia sinensis KW - Camellia thea KW - Camellia theifera KW - Camellias KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - England KW - Social life and customs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77902486 AB - Tea drinking in Victorian England was a pervasive activity that, when seen through the lens of a century's perspective, presents a unique overview of Victorian culture. Tea was a necessity and a luxury; it was seen as masculine as well as feminine; it symbolized the exotic and the domestic; and it represented both moderation and excess. Tea was flexible enough to accommodate and to mark subtle differences in social status, to mediate these differences between individuals, and to serve as a shared cultural symbol within England. In A Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian England, Julie E. Fromer ER -