Hickman, Timothy A. (2000) Drugs and Race in American Culture: Orientalism in the Turn-of-the-Century Discourse of Narcotic Addiction. American Studies-Lawrence, 41 (1). pp. 71-91.
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Abstract
This article examines the imagery of race in the discourse of narcotic addiction, 1870-1920. It shows how the construction of addiction and the addict was embedded in other, 'Orientalist' narratives of hierarchised racial difference.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | American Studies-Lawrence |
| Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F001 United States local history |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > History |
| ID Code: | 19839 |
| Deposited By: | Dr Tim Hickman |
| Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2008 11:54 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 15:35 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/19839 |
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