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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 a roadmap for readers and situates the fascinating essays within a larger, interdisciplinary framework. Stacey Margolis and Timothy Melley's pieces grapple with the psychology of addiction. Cannon Schmitt and Marty Roth delve into the relationship between opium and the British Empire's campaign to control and stigmatize China. Robyn R. Warhol and Nicholas O. Warner examine accounts of alcohol abuse in texts as disparate as Victorian novels, Alcoholics Anonymous literature, and James Fenimore Cooper's fiction. Helen Keane scrutinizes smoking, and Maurizio Viano turns to the silver screen to trace how the representation of drugs in films has changed over time. Ann Weinstone and Marguerite Waller's essays on addiction and cyberspace cap this impressive anthology. 1 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration
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High Anxieties High Anxieties Cultural Studies in Addiction Janet Farrell Brodie and Marc RedWeld EDITORS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2002 by the Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data High anxieties : cultural studies in addiction / Janet Farrell Brodie and Marc RedWeld, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 – 520 – 22750 – 6 (Cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0 – 520 – 22751 – 4 (Paper : alk. paper) 1. Substance abuse — Social aspects. 2. Drugs and literature. 3. Drugs and motion pictures. 4. Alcoholism in literature. 5. Alcoholism in motion pictures. 6. Virtual reality — Social aspects. I. Brodie, Janet Farrell. II. RedWeld, Marc, 1958 – HV4998 .H54 2002 394.1'4 — dc21 2002002289 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48 – 1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).8 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction / / ix 1 Marc Redfield and Janet Farrell Brodie PART I. 1. CONSTRUCTIONS OF ADDICTION Addiction and the Ends of Desire / 19 Stacey Margolis 2. A Terminal Case William Burroughs and the Logic of Addiction Timothy Melley PART II. FIGURES OF THE ORIENT 3. Narrating National Addictions De Quincey, Opium, and Tea / 63 Cannon Schmitt 4. Victorian Highs Detection, Drugs, and Empire / 85 Marty Roth PART III. DEMON DRINK 5. The Rhetoric of Addiction From Victorian Novels to AA / Robyn R. Warhol 97 / 38 vi CONTENTS 6. Firewater Legacy Alcohol and Native American Identity in the Fiction of James Fenimore Cooper / 109 Nicholas O. Warner PART IV. 7. PLEASURES, REPRESSIONS, RESISTANCES Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time / 119 Helen Keane 8. An Intoxicated Screen Reflections on Film and Drugs / 134 Maurizio Viano PART V.