High Anxieties: Cultural Studies in Addiction

by Janet Farrell Brodie

High Anxieties explores the history and ideological ramifications of the modern concept of addiction. Little more than a century old, the notions of "addict" as an identity and "addiction" as a disease of the will form part of the story of modernity. What is addiction? This collection of essays illuminates and refashions the term, delivering a complex and mature understanding of addiction.

Brodie and Redfield's introduction provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520227514
• ISBN13: 9780520227514
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"