Comprehending drug use : ethnographic research at the social margins

Publication Data

• Title Comprehending drug use : ethnographic research at the social margins
• Author J. Bryan Page
• Contributor Merrill Singer
• Publisher Rutgers University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New Brunswick, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Through ethnographic eyes
The emergence of drug ethnography
Systematic modernist ethnography and ethnopharmacology
Drug ethnography since the emergence of AIDS
Drugs and globalization: from the ground up and the sky down
The conduct of drug ethnography: risks, rewards, and ethical quandaries in drug research careers
Career paths in drug-related ethnography: from falling to calling
Gender and drug use: drug ethnography by women about women
The future of drug ethnography as reflected in recent developments.

Topics

• Drug abuse
• Ethnology

Comprehending drug use : ethnographic research at the social margins by J. Bryan Page. ISBN 9780813548043. Published by Rutgers University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.