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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that explore the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Marc Redfield and Janet Farrell Brodie Part 1. Constructions of Addiction 1. Addiction and the Ends of Desire Stacey Margolis 2. A Terminal Case: William Burroughs and the Logic of Addiction Timothy Melley Part 2. Figures of the Orient 3. Narrating National Addictions: De Quincey, Opium, and Tea Cannon Schmitt 4. Victorian Highs: Detection, Drugs, and Empire Marty Roth Part 3. Demon Drink 5. The Rhetoric of Addiction: From Victorian Novels to AA Robyn R. Warhol 6. Firewater Legacy: Alcohol and Native American Identity in the Fiction of James Fenimore Cooper Nicholas O. Warner Part 4. Pleasures, Repressions, Resistances 7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time Helen Keane 8. An Intoxicated Screen: Reflections on Film and Drugs Maurizio Viano Part 5. Trauma, Media, Cyberspace 9. Welcome to the Pharmacy: Addiction, Transcendence, and Virtual Reality Ann Weinstone 10. If "Reality Is the Best Metaphor," It Must Be Virtual Marguerite Waller Notes About the Contributors
