LEADER 02251oam 22004814a 450 001 9911009290103321 005 20200205130456.0 010 $a1-4529-6126-3 035 $a(CKB)4940000000159234 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6002233 035 $a(OCoLC)1112130099 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse75554 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000159234 100 $a20190728d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Alchemy of Meth$b[electronic resource] $eA Decomposition /$fJason Pine 210 1$aMinneapolis, MN ;$aLondon :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 311 $a1-5179-0771-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"This manuscript is based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in rural Missouri between 2005-2013. Pine spent time with meth cooks, recovery professionals, pastors, and narcotics agents. At the center of this story are the meth cooks themselves, and Pine's ethnography details their daily struggles. Beginning in the center of an exploded meth lab, Pine's performative, narrative-based work explores meth cooks as modern-day alchemists, combining and exploding again the everyday objects of late capitalism, walking the fine lines (and obviously crossing them) between illegal and legal amphetamines, pulling everyday objects like lighter fluids, frying pans, and kitchen matches into the realm of illegality"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEthnology$zMissouri 606 $aDrug addicts$xMaterial culture$zMissouri 606 $aDrug addicts$zMissouri$xSocial conditions 606 $aMethamphetamine abuse$xSocial aspects$zMissouri 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aDrug addicts$xMaterial culture 615 0$aDrug addicts$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMethamphetamine abuse$xSocial aspects 676 $a362.299509778090511 700 $aPine$b Jason$0620127 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911009290103321 996 $aThe Alchemy of Meth$94393712 997 $aUNINA