Revisioning Women and Drug Use: Gender, Power and the Body

Author:   E. Ettorre
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2007
ISBN:  

9781349515608


Pages:   166
Publication Date:   12 September 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Revisioning Women and Drug Use: Gender, Power and the Body


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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.

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Author:   E. Ettorre
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349515608


ISBN 10:   1349515604
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   12 September 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of 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

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ELIZABETH ETTORRE is Professor of Sociology at Liverpool University, UK. She has taught and researched in the USA, Finland and the UK and holds honorary appointments at the universities of Exeter, Helsinki, Abo Academy University and the Institute of Scientific Analysis. Her research interests include women's studies, substance use, health and illness, and ethics.

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