The opioid epidemic and US culture : expression, art, and politics in an age of addiction / edited by Travis D Stimeling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stimeling, Travis D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse in art.

Drug abuse in literature.

Artists--Drug use--Appalachian Region.

Artists--Drug use--United States.

Opioid abuse--Social aspects--Appalachian Region.

Opioid abuse--Social aspects--United States.

United States--Social life and customs--21st century.

Appalachian Region--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, West Virginia : West Virginia University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The Opioid Epidemic and US Culture brings a new set of perspectives to one of the most pressing contemporary topics in Appalachia and the nation as a whole. A project aimed both at challenging dehumanizing attitudes toward those caught in the opioid epidemic and at protesting the structural forces that have enabled it, this edited volume assembles a multidisciplinary community of scholars and practitioners to consider the ways that people have mobilized their creativity in response to the crisis. Written for an audience of people working on the front lines of the opioid crisis, the book is essential reading for social workers, addiction counselors, halfway house managers, and people with opioid use disorder. It will also appeal to the community of scholars interested in understanding how aesthetics shape our engagement with critical social issues, particularly in the fields of literary and film criticism, museum studies, and ethnomusicology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Opioid Crisis and Expressive Culture / Travis D. Stimeling

Part I. On the Outside Looking In: The Opioid Crisis from Without

1. "Something Too Pure/Is Killing Us": Opioid-Addiction Porn, Endurance, and the Neoliberal Appropriation of Resilience / Jordan Lovejoy

2. "Snort Pills on My Head": The Visual Rhetoric of Addiction, Abjection, and White Trash in The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia / Christopher Garland

3. The Pill: Aesthetics, Addiction, and Gender in Jennifer Weiner's All Fall Down / Ashleigh Hardin

4. Prince, Tom Petty, and Pain: Projections of Authenticity in Popular Music / Leigh H. Edwards

5. "Maybe If I'd Stayed": Appalachian Outmigration and Narratives of Loss in Nate May's Dust in the Bottomland / Travis D. Stimeling

Part II. If You Lived Here: Representing the Opioid Epidemic from Within

6. Pretty Lil Azzie / Crystal Good

7. The Way the World Is: From Maggie Boylan / Michael Henson

8. Finding Maggie Boylan / Michael Henson

9. You Talkin' about Me? Turning the Blood of Appalachia's Opioid Epidemic into Ink / Jacqueline Yahn

10. Remediating the Opioid Crisis in Museums / Ethan Sharp

11. A Hole Is Not a Void: Extraction, Addiction, and Aesthetics / Jonas N. T. Becker

12. Narrative Engagement with the Opioid Epidemic: From Personal Story to Personal Reflection / Amanda M. Caleb and Susan McDonald

13. Recovering from Addiction in Sobriety: Narrating Disability/Mental Illness through the Medium of Comic Art / Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad

14. "Hey, Let's Have a Very Good Time": The Opioid Aesthetics of Post-Verbal Rap / Austin T. Richey

Part III. New Day Dawning: Recovery, Sobriety, and Post-Opioid Futures

15. Queer Addiction and Queer Harm Reduction in Appalachia / Gina Mamone

16. Healing Open Wounds / Chelsea Jack

17. Pain Is One Dance Partner: Move with It / Anne Lloyd Willett

18. Images of Opioid Addiction, Recovery, and Privilege in Mainstream Hip Hop / Paige Zalman

19. The Voices of Hope-A Recovery Community Choir: Redefining Self, Community, and Success / Natalie Shaffer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781949199703

1949199703

OCLC:

1201175819