Scripting addiction: the politics of therapeutic talk and american sobriety
Auteur :
Carr, E. Summerson
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691144504
Date de publication :
7 nov. 2010
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs?