Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. (Routledge Advances in CriminologyAY)

Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of one hundred fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006, including Broken Blossoms, Reefer Madness, The Trip, Superfly, Withnail and I, Traffik, Traffic, Layer Cake, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Trailer Park Boys, and more. Boyd focuses on past and contemporary illegal drug discourse about users, traffickers, drug treatment, and the intersection of criminal justice with counterculture, alternative, and stoner flicks. She provides a socio-historical and cultural criminological perspective, and an analysis of race, class and gender representations in illegal drug films. This illuminating work will be an essential text for a wide range of students and scholars in the fields of criminology, sociology, media, gender and women’s studies, drug studies, and cultural studies. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 List of Film Stills......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 Moral Regulation, Film Censorship, and Law......Page 23 2 Illegal-Drug Users and Addiction Narratives: The Early Film Years......Page 43 3 The 60s On: Counterculture, Addiction-as-Disease, and Mandatory-Treatment Narratives......Page 76 4 Ruptures in Addiction Narratives: Pleasure, Harm Reduction, Consumer Culture, and Regulation......Page 106 5 Drug Dealers: A Nation Under Siege......Page 125 6 Vilified Women and Maternal Myths......Page 159 7 Challenges to the Drug War: 1980 to 2006......Page 191 Appendix......Page 222 Notes......Page 226 References......Page 240 Index......Page 254 Susan C. Boyd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-240) And Index.