Friday, December 28, 2012

Critical Perspectives on Addiction Published!



CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION: THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF ADDICTION

PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THE (BIO)MEDICALIZATION OF ADDICTION

MEDICALIZATION AND BIOMEDICALIZATION: DOES THE DISEASING OF ADDICTION FIT THE FRAME?

Nancy Campbell

DE-MEDICALIZING ADDICTION:  TOWARD BIOCULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGS

Kerwin Kaye

PHARMACEUTICAL INCURSION ON CIGARETTE SMOKING AT THE BIRTH OF THE BRAIN DISEASE MODEL OF ADDICTION

Marc Elam

PART II: ADDICTION INTERVENTION – RACE AND THE SHAPING OF ADDICTS

TWO TIERS OF BIOMEDICALIZATION: METHADONE, BUPRENORPHINE, AND THE RACIAL POLITICS OF ADDICTION TREATMENT

Helena Hansen and Samuel Roberts

INTERVENTION: REALITY TV, WHITENESS AND NARRATIVES OF ADDICTION

Jessie Daniels

PART III: PUNISHING THE SICK AND SAVING THE LOST –
ADDICTION AND SOCIAL CONTROL


DRAWING THE LINE AT DRINKING FOR TWO: GOVERNMENTALITY, BIOPOLITICS, AND RISK IN STATE LEGISLATION ON FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Deborah Potter

INTO THE LIGHT: EVANGELICAL REHAB AND THE SEDUCTION OF NEW LIFE

Teresa Gowan and Jack Atmore

PART IV: LOSING CONTROL – THE EXPANSION OF ADDICTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS


MAKING ADDICTS OF THE FAT: OBESITY, PSYCHIATRY, AND THE ‘FATTIES ANONYMOUS’ MODEL OF SELF-HELP WEIGHT LOSS IN THE POSTWAR UNITED STATES

Jessica Parr and Nicolas Rasmussen

"I JUST COULDN’T KEEP IT IN CONTROL ANYMORE:" WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, FOOD ADDICTION AND ANTI-FAT STIGMA

Zoe Meleo-Erwin

VIDEO GAME ADDICTION: USER PERSPECTIVES

Luther Elliott, Geoffrey Ream, and Elizabeth McGinsky