High anxieties : cultural studies in addiction

High anxieties cultural studies in addiction

High Anxieties explores the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction. Little more than a century old, the notions of "addict" as an identity and "addiction" as a disease of the will form part of the story of modernity. What is addiction? This colle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brodie, Janet Farrell (-), Redfield, Marc, 1958-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press c2002.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Alcoholism in literature.
Alcoholism in motion pictures.
Drugs and literature.
Drugs and motion pictures.
Substance abuse > Social aspects.
Virtual reality > Social aspects.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797961106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Addiction and the Ends of Desire
  • 2. A Terminal Case
  • 3. Narrating National Addictions
  • 4. Victorian Highs
  • 5. The Rhetoric of Addiction
  • 6. Firewater Legacy
  • 7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time
  • 8. An Intoxicated Screen
  • 9. Welcome to the Pharmacy
  • 10. If "Reality Is the Best Metaphor," It Must Be Virtual
  • NOTES
  • ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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