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HOOKED IN FILM
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON THE BIG SCREEN |
| By: |
John Markert |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£110.00 |
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£99.00 |
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£11.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0810891301 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780810891302 |
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| Publisher: |
SCARECROW PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
23 May, 2013 |
| Pages: |
392 |
| Description: |
This book tracks almost 1,000 films over 100-plus years, focusing on various forms of drug abuse, particularly on heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. This study includes an historical analysis about the changes in drug depiction over time. |
| Synopsis: |
In Hooked in Film, John Markert takes a close look at the correlation between social policies and the public view of drugs and their portrayals in film. In this volume, Markert examines the changing social attitudes toward illegal drugs and their cinematic depictions from as early as the 1894 film Chinese Opium Den to the present. Tracking hundreds of films spanning more than a century, Hooked in Film looks at camp classics like Reefer Madness, comedies such as Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, Dazed and Confused, and Pineapple Express, and dramas, including Panic in Needle Park and Requiem for a Dream. Scholars and students of cinema, popular culture, media studies, and sociology will find this book a valuable examination of how cinematic portrayals of drugs have changed over time, and how those images have influenced public perception of drugs and even public policy. |
| Illustrations: |
7 Tables, unspecified; 31 Halftones, black and white |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Scarecrow Press |
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Returnable |
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