Fast lives women who use crack cocaine
Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anythin...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Temple University Press
c1999.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798380506719 |
| Sumario: | Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anything for crack, Claire Sterk's years of ethnographic research reveal the nature and meaning of crack cocaine use in the larger context of their lives -- including the impact of such issues as gender, class, and race. Focusing on active crack users, Fast Lives compiles information fr |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234 and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781299850576 9780585370187 9781592138074 |
