 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
HOOKED: DRUG WAR FILMS IN BRITAIN, CANADA, AND THE U.S.
|
| By: |
Susan C. Boyd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£26.00 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0415541409 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415541404 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 June, 2012 |
| Series: |
Routledge Advances in Criminology |
| Pages: |
262 |
| Description: |
Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of 100 fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006. |
| Synopsis: |
Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of one hundred fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006, including Broken Blossoms, Reefer Madness, The Trip, Superfly, Withnail and I, Traffik, Traffic, Layer Cake, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Trailer Park Boys, and more. Boyd focuses on past and contemporary illegal drug discourse about users, traffickers, drug treatment, and the intersection of criminal justice with counterculture, alternative, and stoner flicks. She provides a socio-historical and cultural criminological perspective, and an analysis of race, class and gender representations in illegal drug films. This illuminating work will be an essential text for a wide range of students and scholars in the fields of criminology, sociology, media, gender and women's studies, drug studies, and cultural studies. |
| Illustrations: |
22 black & white halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|