Hooked in film : substance abuse on the big screen
In Hooked in Film, John Markert takes 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
Electronic books
1 online resource (xxii, 369 pages)
9780810891319, 9781299821361, 081089131X, 1299821367
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Print version:
Introduction
Attacking the drug problem, 1900-1959: cinema and the temperance movement
Marijuana, 1960-2010: a social and cinematic reappraisal
Heroin in film, 1960-2010: the continued spiral into death and destruction
Cocaine, 1960-2010: crack changes the social and cinematic landscape
A drug miscellany: social and cinematic problematic drugs
Conclusion
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