Revisioning women and drug use : gender, power and the body / Elizabeth Ettorre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ettorre, Elizabeth, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Drug use.

Women.

Drug abuse.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

ix, 166 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2007.

Summary:

This 'landmark' text by one of the most respected researchers in drug use considers the issues surrounding the gendering of drug use, and within this looks critically at two approaches - the classical and postmodern. Ettorre has previously argued for the need for a gender-sensitive approach to the drugs field and here she contends that this approach is still lacking. This book draws together theoretical and empirical studies on drug use, provides a comprehensive analysis of gendered bodies and drug use and examines the idea of a drug-using society and the implications this holds for social inequality and exclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-161) and index.

ISBN:

9781403921741

1403921741

OCLC:

76481602

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