The social value of drug addicts : the uses of the useless

The social value of drug addicts : the uses of the useless / Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page.

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 anthropologist...

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Main Authors: Singer, Merrill (Author), Page, J. Bryan, 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Drug addicts.
Social values.
Drug abuse > Social aspects.
Drug abusers.
Mass media.
Social perception.
drug addicts.
mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Social perception
Mass media
Drug abusers
Drug abuse > Social aspects
Drug addicts
Social values
Drogenmissbrauch
Sozialer Ertrag
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