Comprehending drug use : ethnographic research at the social margins

Comprehending drug use ethnographic research at the social margins

Comprehending Drug Use, the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole field...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Page, J. Bryan, 1947- (-)
Otros Autores: Singer, Merrill
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press c2010.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
Materias:
Drug abuse.
Ethnology.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798404506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Through Ethnographic Eyes
  • 2. The Emergence of Drug Ethnography
  • 3. Systematic Modernist Ethnography and Ethnopharmacology
  • 4. Drug Ethnography since the Emergence of AIDS
  • 5. Drugs and Globalization: From the Ground Up and the Sky Down
  • 6. The Conduct of Drug Ethnography: Risks, Rewards, and Ethical Quandaries in Drug Research Careers
  • 7. Career Paths in Drug-related Ethnography: From Falling to Calling
  • 8. Gender and Drug Use: Drug Ethnography by Women about Women
  • 9. The Future of Drug Ethnography as Reflected in Recent Developments
  • Appendix: Nuts and Bolts of Ethnographic Methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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