143 Pages
by
Routledge
143 Pages
by
Routledge
143 Pages
by
Routledge
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Addiction to illicit drugs is a pressing social concern across greater China, where there are likely several million drug addicts at present. This research breaks new ground by examining Chinese people’s stories of drug addiction.
Chinese Stories of Drug Addiction systematically evaluates how drug addiction is represented and constructed in a series of contemporary life stories and filmic... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Gendered Exemplars: Life Stories of Drug Addiction and Recovery 3. Institutional Schema: Life Stories of Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation 4. Marginalisation and Palliation: Filmic Stories of Drug Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery 5. Conclusion
Biography
Guy Ramsay is a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at The University of Queensland, Australia. In 2013 he published Mental illness, Dementia and Family in China (Routledge).
