Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S.

by Susan C. Boyd

Book Overview

Drug prohibition laws began to emerge in the United States, Canada, and Britain during the same era that saw the discovery of film. In Hooked, Susan C. Boyd explores over a century of American, British, and Canadian films containing fictional representations of drug use, the drug trade, and the war on drugs. She examines not only popular, mainstream films but also counterculture, alternative, and 'stoner' movies, including Harold and Kumar go to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610174
• ISBN13: 9781442610170
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher