Neither villain nor victim : empowerment and agency among women substance abusers /

Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. These depictions typify the?pathology and powerlessness? narrative that has historically characterized popular and academic conversations about female substance abusers...

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Autres auteurs: Anderson, Tammy L., 1963- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ©2008.
Collection:Critical issues in crime and society.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hj7pr