Revisioning Women and Drug Use Gender, Power and the Body

by Ettorre, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781403921741
• ISBN10: 1403921741
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230596849
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This 'landmark' text by one of the most respected researchers in drug use considers the issues surrounding the gendering of drug use, and within this looks critically at two approaches - the classical and postmodern. Ettorre has previously argued for the need for a gender-sensitive approach to the drugs field and here she contends that this approach is still lacking. This book draws together theoretical and empirical studies on drug use, provides a comprehensive analysis of gendered bodies and drug use and examines the idea of a drug-using society and the implications this holds for social inequality and exclusion.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Ettorre is Professor of Sociology at Liverpool University, UK.She has taught and researched in the USA, Finland and the UK and holds honorary appointments at the universities of Exeter, Helsinki, Abo Academy University and the Institute of Scientific Analysis. Her research interests include women's studies, substance use, health and illness, and ethics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
The 'Back Story' on Women, Drugs and the Body	p. 1
Feminist Theorizing about Drugs: Gender, Power and the Body	p. 17
Punishing or Privileging Marginalization?	p. 36
Embodying Core Activities: Gendered Performativities	p. 54
Drug-Consuming Bodies	p. 71
Drug-Using Reproducing Bodies	p. 90
Contaminated Drug-Using Bodies	p. 107
Embodiment, Emotions and Female Drug Use	p. 124
Bibliography	p. 141
Index	p. 162
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