{"product_id":"high-anxieties-9780520227514","title":"High Anxieties","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of essays that explore the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402814333271,"sku":"9780520227514","price":23.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520227514.jpg?v=1730481582","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/high-anxieties-9780520227514","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}