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Book SynopsisThis book tracks almost 1,000 films over 100-plus years, focusing on various forms of drug abuse, particularly on heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. This study includes an historical analysis about the changes in drug depiction over time.
Trade Review[T]his is a fairly gripping book. . . he has clearly done extensive research on his subject and brings us right up to date. . . . [T]he book should find a fairly wide audience for those who have dabbled and love film. * Filmwerk *
This is a fascinating, impressively thorough, and entertaining book. . . .So many films are covered that the book provides the interested reader with a double pleasure: finding out what Markert has to say about movies one already knows well, and discovering others one didn’t know. . . .Markert’s concise analyses are on the whole pithy, witty, and accurate, and his book manages to be an important study of a nearly ubiquitous but under-explored area of modern cinema as well as a valuable contribution to the social constructivist analysis of cinema. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
Table of ContentsContents Introduction Chapter 1: Attacking the Drug Problem: Cinema and the Temperance Movement Chapter 2: Marijuana, 1960-2010: A Social and Cinematic Reappraisal Chapter 3: Heroin in Film, 1960-2010: The Continued Spiral into Death and Destruction Chapter 4: Cocaine, 1960-2010: Crack Changes the Social and Cinematic Landscape Chapter 5: A Drug Miscellany: Social and Cinematic Problematic Drugs Conclusion Appendix A-F Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
