Addiction, Modernity, and the City
A Users' Guide to Urban Space
Examining the interdependent nature of substance, space, and subjectivity, this book constitutes an interdisciplinary analysis of the intoxication indigenous to what has been termed &quote;our narcotic modernity.&quote; The first section - Drug/Culture - demonstrates how the body of the addict and the social body of the city are both inscribed by &quote;controlled&quote; substance. Positing addiction as a &quote;pathology (out) of place&quote; that is specific to the (late-)capitalist urban landscape, the second section - Dope/Sick - conducts a critique of the prevailing pathology paradigm of addiction, proposing in it…
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- ISBN: 978-1-317-63438-6
- EAN: 9781317634386
- Produktnummer: 24384934
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'091 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Christopher B.R. Smith is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research concerning substance use has been published in numerous international journals. He has worked in Toronto, Melbourne, Philadelphia, and St. John's, Newfoundland, where he is a faculty member in Memorial University's School of Social Work.
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