High anxieties : cultural studies in addiction / Janet Farrell Brodie and Marc Redfield, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brodie, Janet Farrell.

Redfield, Marc, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism in literature.

Alcoholism in motion pictures.

Drugs and literature.

Drugs and motion pictures.

Substance abuse--Social aspects.

Virtual reality--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

High Anxieties explores the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction. Little more than a century old, the notions of "addict" as an identity and "addiction" as a disease of the will form part of the story of modernity. What is addiction? This collection of essays illuminates and refashions the term, delivering a complex and mature understanding of addiction. Brodie and Redfield's introduction provides a roadmap for readers and situates the fascinating essays within a larger, interdisciplinary framework. Stacey Margolis and Timothy Melley's pieces grapple with the psychology of addiction. Cannon Schmitt and Marty Roth delve into the relationship between opium and the British Empire's campaign to control and stigmatize China. Robyn R. Warhol and Nicholas O. Warner examine accounts of alcohol abuse in texts as disparate as Victorian novels, Alcoholics Anonymous literature, and James Fenimore Cooper's fiction. Helen Keane scrutinizes smoking, and Maurizio Viano turns to the silver screen to trace how the representation of drugs in films has changed over time. Ann Weinstone and Marguerite Waller's essays on addiction and cyberspace cap this impressive anthology.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

1. Addiction and the Ends of Desire

2. A Terminal Case

3. Narrating National Addictions

4. Victorian Highs

5. The Rhetoric of Addiction

6. Firewater Legacy

7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time

8. An Intoxicated Screen

9. Welcome to the Pharmacy

10. If "Reality Is the Best Metaphor," It Must Be Virtual

NOTES

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612359453

9781597346542

1597346543

9780520935709

0520935705

9781282359451

1282359452

OCLC:

475930467