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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Getting Into Drugs; 2 Patterns of Income Generation and Drug Use; 3 Significant Others: The Women's Steady Partners; 4 Reproduction and Motherhood; 5 Off and On: Experiences with Drug Treatment; 6 Female Drug Users and the AIDS Epidemic; 7 Violent Encounters; 8 Past Experiences, Future Aspirations and Policies; Notes; Bibliography; Index
