Susan C. Boyd

Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on over 100 films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006, which focus on illegal drugs and their consequences, this book examines representations of discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and treatment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135909246
• Artikelnr.: 38451129

Autorenporträt

Susan C. Boyd is an Associate Professor in Studies in Policy and Practice and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Victoria's Centre for Addiction Research in BC, Canada. She is the author of From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy (2004) and Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Moral Regulation
Film Censorship
and Law 2. Illegal Drug Users and Addiction Narratives: The Early Film Years 3. The 60s On: Counterculture
Addiction-as-Disease
and Mandatory Treatment Narratives 4. Ruptures in Addiction Narratives: Pleasure
Harm Reduction
Consumer Culture
and Regulation 5. Drug Dealers: A Nation Under Siege 6. Vilified Women and Maternal Myths 7. Challenges to the Drug War: 1980 to 2006. Conclusion