Cultural ecstasies drugs, gender and the social imaginary

In this important contribution to the field, Ilana Mountian critically analyses discourses surrounding drug addiction, drug prohibition, treatment and prevention, and highlights new ways of understanding the role that gender plays in the ethics of drug use across cultures. The book analyses the disc...

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Main Author: Mountian, Ilana (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge 2013.
Hove, East Sussex ; New York : 2013.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Concepts for critical psychology.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798263906719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Cultural Ecstasies: Drugs, gender and the social imaginary; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptualising the social imaginary: Setting the theoretical ground; 3 Historical discourses of drugs; 4 Discourses of addiction; 5 Drug use and the social imaginary; 6 Gender in the social imaginary of drugs; 7 Drug policies; Notes; References; Index