Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S

Zusatztext "Susan Boyd has done it again! In Drug Films she provides all interested in the human community's exploration and use of drugs! with cinematic revelations about Hollywood's collaboration with the government in controlling human inventiveness in expanding consciousness and developing analgesics." - Dennis Sullivan! Institute for Economic and Restorative Justice"Fear of drugs has been carefully cultivated in myth and propaganda for over a century. The construction and manipulation of that fear is why punitive prohibition persists despite its savage failures. Susan Boyd's important new book shows how film has played a starring role in this drug drama. Her insightful analysis of so many classic movies is so well written and entertaining you hardly notice that it is a work of deep scholarship! about drug problems themselves as well as their cinematic representations." -- Craig Reinarman! Professor of Sociology! University of California! Santa Cruz! author of Crack In America Informationen zum Autor Susan C. Boyd is an Associate Professor in Studies in Policy and Practice and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Victoria's Centre for Addiction Research in BC, Canada. She is the author of From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy (2004) and Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths (1999). Klappentext This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of drug films. Drawing on a sample of over one hundred films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1916 to 2005 whose focus is primarily on illegal drugs, trafficking, and their consequences, Boyd highlights specific films that represent past and contemporary illegal drug discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and drug treatment. Zusammenfassung Drawing on over 100 films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006, which focus on illegal drugs and their consequences, this book examines representations of discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Moral Regulation, Film Censorship, and Law 2. Illegal Drug Users and Addiction Narratives: The Early Film Years 3. The 60s On: Counterculture, Addiction-as-Disease, and Mandatory Treatment Narratives 4. Ruptures in Addiction Narratives: Pleasure, Harm Reduction, Consumer Culture, and Regulation 5. Drug Dealers: A Nation Under Siege 6. Vilified Women and Maternal Myths 7. Challenges to the Drug War: 1980 to 2006. Conclusion ...

Autorentext
Susan C. Boyd is an Associate Professor in Studies in Policy and Practice and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Victoria's Centre for Addiction Research in BC, Canada. She is the author of From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law, and Policy (2004) and Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths (1999).

Klappentext
This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of drug films. Drawing on a sample of over one hundred films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1916 to 2005 whose focus is primarily on illegal drugs, trafficking, and their consequences, Boyd highlights specific films that represent past and contemporary illegal drug discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and drug treatment.

Zusammenfassung
Drawing on over 100 films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006, which focus on illegal drugs and their consequences, this book examines representations of discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and treatment.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Moral Regulation, Film Censorship, and Law 2. Illegal Drug Users and Addiction Narratives: The Early Film Years 3. The 60s On: Counterculture, Addiction-as-Disease, and Mandatory Treatment Narratives 4. Ruptures in Addiction Narratives: Pleasure, Harm Reduction, Consumer Culture, and Regulation 5. Drug Dealers: A Nation Under Siege 6. Vilified Women and Maternal Myths 7. Challenges to the Drug War: 1980 to 2006. Conclusion

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