Challenging Addiction in Canadian Literature and Classrooms /

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"In the richly interdisciplinary study, Challenging Addiction in Canadian Literature and Classrooms, Cara Fabre argues that popular culture in its many forms contributes to common assumptions about the causes, and personal and social implications, of addiction. Recent fictional depictions of ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fabre, Cara, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Self-destructive behavior in literature.
Psychology, Pathological, in literature.
Eating disorders > Social aspects.
Eating disorders in literature.
Drug addiction > Social aspects.
Drug addiction in literature.
Canadian literature.
Alcoholism > Social aspects.
Alcoholism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Psychopathologie dans la litterature.
Comportement autodestructeur > Aspect social.
Comportement autodestructeur dans la litterature.
Troubles du comportement alimentaire > Aspect social.
Troubles du comportement alimentaire dans la litterature.
Toxicomanie > Aspect social.
Toxicomanie dans la litterature.
Alcoolisme > Aspect social.
Alcoolisme dans la litterature.
Canadian fiction (English) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Canadian fiction (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Self-destructive behavior > Social aspects.
Canadian literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Reading and Teaching Addiction as Social Suffering; 1. Ideological Tropes of Contemporary Addiction Narratives; 2. Poverty, Individualism, and the Meaningful Uses of Alcohol and Drugs in Christy Ann Conlin's Heave and Heather O'Neill's lullabies for little criminals; 3. Anorexia and the Production of Economically Oriented Subjects in Ibi Kaslik's Skinny and Kevin Patterson's Consumption; 4. Dismantling the Myth of the "Drunken Indian" through Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's In Search of April Raintree and Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach; Conclusion: Beyond the Classroom: From Innocence to Accountability; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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