基本説明
Considers the issues surrounding the gendering of drug use, and within this looks critically at two approaches - the classical and postmodern.
Full Description
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 examines the idea of a drug-using society and the implications this holds for social inequality and exclusion.
Contents
Introduction: The Classical and the Postmodern Approach to Drug Use Injecting New Ideas on Gender and the Body Drug Use as Embodied Deviance Consuming Bodies: Polydrug Use Clubbing Bodies: Young People and Drug Use Reproducing Bodies: Pregnancy and Drug Use Polluted Bodies: Drug Using Bodies with HIV/AIDS Sex Working Bodies: Sex Work and Drug Use Revisioning Drug Using Bodies: Developing a Gender Sensitive Agenda to Reduce Drug Harm References Bibliography Index