{"product_id":"hooked-in-film-9780810891302","title":"Hooked in Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[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 *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  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","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038385537367,"sku":"9780810891302","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810891302.jpg?v=1750940147","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hooked-in-film-9780810891302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}