High anxieties [Ressource électronique] : cultural studies in addiction / Janet Farrell Brodie and Marc Redfield, editors, Monographie électronique
Language: anglais.Publication : Berkeley (CA) : University of California Press, [200?], cop. 2002Dewey: 394.1/4, 21Contents note: Addiction and the ends of desire / Stacey Margolis A terminal case: William Burroughs and the logic of addiction / Timothy Melley Narrating national addictions: De Quincey, opium, and tea / Cannon Schmitt Victorian highs: detection, drugs, and empire / Marty Roth The rhetoric of addiction: from Victorian novels to AA / Robyn R. Warhol Firewater legacy: alcohol and Native American identity in the fiction of James Fenimore Cooper / Nicholas O. Warner Smoking, addiction, and the making of time / Helen Keane An intoxicated screen: reflections on film and drugs / Maurizio Viano Welcome to the pharmacy: addiction, transcendence, and virtual reality / Ann Weinstone If "reality is the best metaphor," it must be virtual / Marguerite Waller Abstract: 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.Bibliography: Index.Subject - Topical Name: Toxicomanie Aspect social | Drogues et littérature | Drogues Au cinéma | Alcoolisme Dans la littérature | Alcoolisme Au cinéma | Littérature Thèmes, motifs | Cinéma, Thèmes, motifs Online Resources:Click here to access online| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Numérisation de l'édition de : Berkeley (Calif.) : University of California press, cop. 2002
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Addiction and the ends of desire / Stacey Margolis A terminal case: William Burroughs and the logic of addiction / Timothy Melley Narrating national addictions: De Quincey, opium, and tea / Cannon Schmitt Victorian highs: detection, drugs, and empire / Marty Roth The rhetoric of addiction: from Victorian novels to AA / Robyn R. Warhol Firewater legacy: alcohol and Native American identity in the fiction of James Fenimore Cooper / Nicholas O. Warner Smoking, addiction, and the making of time / Helen Keane An intoxicated screen: reflections on film and drugs / Maurizio Viano Welcome to the pharmacy: addiction, transcendence, and virtual reality / Ann Weinstone If "reality is the best metaphor," it must be virtual / Marguerite Waller
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
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