ISBN: 9781611321180

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless?culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social c… Mehr…

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless?culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields. Merrill Singer, J Bryan Page, Books, Social and Cultural Studies, The Social Value Of Drug Addicts: Uses Of The Useless Books>Social and Cultural Studies, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781611321180

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless--culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social … Mehr…

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless--culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely usefulto other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields-- Books<

2013, ISBN: 9781611321180

In a wide-ranging analysis covering popular culture, policy, and underlying social structures, this book shows how drug addicts are socially constructed as useless burdens on society and … Mehr…

In a wide-ranging analysis covering popular culture, policy, and underlying social structures, this book shows how drug addicts are socially constructed as useless burdens on society and who benefits from that portrayal. The Social Value of Drug Addicts: Uses of the Useless Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher Taschenbuch 01.11.2013 Buch (fremdspr.), Left Coast Pr Inc, .201<

ISBN: 9781611321180

In a wide-ranging analysis covering popular culture, policy, and underlying social structures, this book shows how drug addicts are socially constructed as useless burdens on society and … Mehr…

In a wide-ranging analysis covering popular culture, policy, and underlying social structures, this book shows how drug addicts are socially constructed as useless burdens on society and who benefits from that portrayal. The Social Value of Drug Addicts: Uses of the Useless Buch (fremdspr.) Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, Left Coast Pr Inc<

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