Hooked in Film: Substance Abuse on the Big Screen

by John Markert

In Hooked in Film, John Markerttakes a close look at the correlation between social policies and the public view of drugs and their portrayals in film. In this volume, Markert examines the changing social attitudes toward illegal drugs and their cinematic depictions from as early as the 1894 film Chinese Opium Den to the present. Tracking hundreds of films spanning more than a century, Hooked in Film looks at camp classics like Reefer Madness, comedies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810891301
• ISBN13: 9780810891302
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"