The Social Value of Drug Addicts - Uses of the Useless (Paperback)

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless-culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2014
Authors:	Merrill Singer • J Bryan Page
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-61132-118-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General
LSN:	1-61132-118-2
Barcode:	9781611321180

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