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Zusatztext 'Substance and Substitution is an extremely impressive work of scholarship and a genuine advance on existing studies of methadone maintenance treatment and of drug use more generally. It marries innovative theory with diverse empirical materials! and goes beyond a number of well-established binaries (e.g. resistance/conformity! social/material! body/mind! morality/medicine) in trying to understand the 'co-production' of substance! time! identities and gender.' - David Moore! Associate Professor! National Drug Research Institute! Australia. Informationen zum Autor Dr SUZANNE FRASER, Lecturer, Monash University, Australia.Dr KYLIE VALENTINE, Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia Klappentext Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Zusammenfassung Located between three powerful phenomena! public health! the law and social stigma! methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates! vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction! providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Substitution, Metaphor and Authenticity 2 Governing Treatment 3 The Chronotope of the Queue 4 Treatment Identities 5 Repetition and Rupture: The Gender of Agency Conclusion: Dependence, Contingency and the Productivity of Problems
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Introduction 1 Substitution, Metaphor and Authenticity 2 Governing Treatment 3 The Chronotope of the Queue 4 Treatment Identities 5 Repetition and Rupture: The Gender of Agency Conclusion: Dependence, Contingency and the Productivity of Problems
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'Substance and Substitution is an extremely impressive work of scholarship and a genuine advance on existing studies of methadone maintenance treatment and of drug use more generally. It marries innovative theory with diverse empirical materials, and goes beyond a number of well-established binaries (e.g. resistance/conformity, social/material, body/mind, morality/medicine) in trying to understand the 'co-production' of substance, time, identities and gender.' - David Moore, Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Australia.
