Historique
Périodique
Chasing the dragon : the cultural metamorphosis of opium in the United States, 1825-1935
(Chasser le dragon : la métamorphose culturelle de l'opium aux Etats-Unis, 1825-1935)
Auteur(s) :
AURIN, M.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
414-441
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
50
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
OPIUM
;
HISTOIRE
;
ADDICTION
;
USAGE THERAPEUTIQUE
;
EFFET IATROGENE
;
THEORIE
;
LEGISLATION
;
POLITIQUE
;
MEDECIN
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2001, 14, (3), 414-441
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Many things to many people, opium has played a role in the emergence of several power bases in the United States. In turn, these bases of power have shaped what opium is for the rest of us. Allopathic medicine brought opium and its derivatives under its control around the turn of the century, promulgating "addiction theory " and addiction clinics as part of its rise to preeminence among rival forms of medicine. Opium also played a role in the U.S.'s international economic and imperialistic ascendance. When politicians began to deploy a new discourse on opium early in this century, they were able to appropriate medical rhetoric. As the politics of opium heated up, some doctors were able to exploit the emerging politically inspired discourse to generate a subtly different medical knowledge of opiates and addiction while establishing a new subdiscipline with the political support of lawmakers and state institutions. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Anthropol., Univ. Chicago
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.