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The social value of drug addicts : the uses of the useless /

Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless-culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Singer, Merrill (Autor), Page, J. Bryan, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2014]
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