High anxieties [[electronic resource] ] : cultural studies in addiction / / Janet Farrell Brodie and Marc Redfield, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BrodieJanet Farrell
RedfieldMarc <1958-> |
Soggetto topico |
Alcoholism in literature
Alcoholism in motion pictures Drugs and literature Drugs and motion pictures Substance abuse - Social aspects Virtual reality - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
addiction addicts alcohol anxiety cinema studies cultural history cultural studies cyberspace desire drugs empire essay anthology essay collection film studies mental health native american opium orient pleasure repression resistance rhetoric scholarly social history social media social studies terminal illness trauma victorian period virtual reality |
ISBN |
1-59734-654-3
0-520-93570-5 9786612359453 1-282-35945-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Addiction and the Ends of Desire -- 2. A Terminal Case -- 3. Narrating National Addictions -- 4. Victorian Highs -- 5. The Rhetoric of Addiction -- 6. Firewater Legacy -- 7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time -- 8. An Intoxicated Screen -- 9. Welcome to the Pharmacy -- 10. If "Reality Is the Best Metaphor," It Must Be Virtual -- NOTES -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449968403321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
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Inevitably Toxic [[electronic resource] ] : Historical Perspectives on Contamination, Exposure, and Expertise / / edited by Brinda Sarathy, Vivien Hamilton and Janet Farrell Brodie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pa., : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.7309 |
Collana | Intersections : histories of environment, science, and technology in the anthropocene |
Soggetto topico |
Pollutants
Pesticides - Environmental aspects Factory and trade waste - History Radiation - History Pollution - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8229-8623-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : toxicity, uncertainty, and expertise / Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy -- part one. Radiation. X-ray protection in American hospitals / Vivien Hamilton -- Contested knowledge : the Trinity test radiation studies / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Crossroads in San Francisco : the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and Its afterlives / Lindsey Dillon -- Born opaque : investigating the nuclear accident at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory / William Palmer -- part two. Industrial toxins. Making way for industrial waste : water pollution control in Southern California, 1947-1955 / Brinda Sarathy -- Processing the past into your future : uncovering the hidden consequences of industrial development in the West Texas petrochemical industry / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre -- Vast, incredible damage : herbicides and the U.S. Forest Service / James G. Lewis and Char Miller -- Neighborhood oil drilling and environmental justice in Los Angeles / Bhavna Shamasunder -- part three : Community contestation, expanding expertise. Atomic bomb survivors, medical experts, and the endlessness of radiation illness / Naoko Wake -- On sovereignty, deficits, and dump fires : risk governance in an Arctic "dumpcano" / Alexander Zahara -- Epilogue containment : discussing nuclear waste with Peter Galison / interview by Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466667403321 |
Pittsburgh, Pa., : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018] | ||
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Inevitably toxic : historical perspectives on contamination, exposure, and expertise / / edited by Brinda Sarathy, Vivien Hamilton and Janet Farrell Brodie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.73 |
Collana | Intersections : histories of environment, science, and technology in the anthropocene |
Soggetto topico |
Pollution - History
Radiation - History Factory and trade waste - History |
ISBN | 0-8229-8623-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : toxicity, uncertainty, and expertise / Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy -- part one. Radiation. X-ray protection in American hospitals / Vivien Hamilton -- Contested knowledge : the Trinity test radiation studies / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Crossroads in San Francisco : the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and Its afterlives / Lindsey Dillon -- Born opaque : investigating the nuclear accident at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory / William Palmer -- part two. Industrial toxins. Making way for industrial waste : water pollution control in Southern California, 1947-1955 / Brinda Sarathy -- Processing the past into your future : uncovering the hidden consequences of industrial development in the West Texas petrochemical industry / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre -- Vast, incredible damage : herbicides and the U.S. Forest Service / James G. Lewis and Char Miller -- Neighborhood oil drilling and environmental justice in Los Angeles / Bhavna Shamasunder -- part three : Community contestation, expanding expertise. Atomic bomb survivors, medical experts, and the endlessness of radiation illness / Naoko Wake -- On sovereignty, deficits, and dump fires : risk governance in an Arctic "dumpcano" / Alexander Zahara -- Epilogue containment : discussing nuclear waste with Peter Galison / interview by Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793389803321 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2018] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inevitably toxic : historical perspectives on contamination, exposure, and expertise / / edited by Brinda Sarathy, Vivien Hamilton and Janet Farrell Brodie |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.73 |
Collana | Intersections : histories of environment, science, and technology in the anthropocene |
Soggetto topico |
Pollution - History
Radiation - History Factory and trade waste - History |
ISBN | 0-8229-8623-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : toxicity, uncertainty, and expertise / Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy -- part one. Radiation. X-ray protection in American hospitals / Vivien Hamilton -- Contested knowledge : the Trinity test radiation studies / Janet Farrell Brodie -- Crossroads in San Francisco : the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and Its afterlives / Lindsey Dillon -- Born opaque : investigating the nuclear accident at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory / William Palmer -- part two. Industrial toxins. Making way for industrial waste : water pollution control in Southern California, 1947-1955 / Brinda Sarathy -- Processing the past into your future : uncovering the hidden consequences of industrial development in the West Texas petrochemical industry / Sarah Stanford-McIntyre -- Vast, incredible damage : herbicides and the U.S. Forest Service / James G. Lewis and Char Miller -- Neighborhood oil drilling and environmental justice in Los Angeles / Bhavna Shamasunder -- part three : Community contestation, expanding expertise. Atomic bomb survivors, medical experts, and the endlessness of radiation illness / Naoko Wake -- On sovereignty, deficits, and dump fires : risk governance in an Arctic "dumpcano" / Alexander Zahara -- Epilogue containment : discussing nuclear waste with Peter Galison / interview by Vivien Hamilton and Brinda Sarathy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828439003321 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2018] | ||
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