Gendering Addiction
The Politics of Drug Treatment in a Neurochemical World
Published on 1. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 253 pages
978-1-349-31012-8 (ISBN)
Description
This study, by two leading scholars in the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studies to uncover a basic injustice for the human rights of drug-using women: most women who need drug treatment in the US and UK do not get it. Why not?
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Edition
1st ed. 2011
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 253 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-31012-8 (9781349310128)
DOI
10.1057/9780230314245
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Book
10/2011
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
NANCY CAMPBELL is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, USA. She focuses on intersections between history of science, drug policy and gender studies.
ELIZABETH ETTORRE is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has also written, Revisioning Women and Drug Use.
ELIZABETH ETTORRE is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has also written, Revisioning Women and Drug Use.
Content
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Making Gender Matter: Drug-Using Women, Embodiment, and the Epistemologies of Ignorance PART I: REINVENTING THE WHEEL Getting Gender on the Agenda: A History of Pioneers in Drug Treatment for Women Raising Consciousness or Controlling Women? Women's Drug andf alcohol Treatment Re-emerges Undue Burdens: The Emergence of Feminist Treatment Advocacy in a Masculinist System PART II: GENDERING GOVERNING MENTALITIES 'Unearthing Women' in Drug Policy: Where Do Women Fit - Or Do They? Reproducing Bodies and Governing Motherhood: Drug-using Women and Reproductive Loss Conclusion: Making Gender Matter in an Age of Neurochemical Selves Notes References Index