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Jun 26, 2024
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HUMN 7397 - Under the Influence: Discourses of Intoxication, Addiction, and Recovery
Credits: 3
Examines the emergent field of addiction studies through historical, literary, sociological, psychological, biological, cultural, and media approaches. Focuses on the ways in which mind-altering substances have been understood over the expanse of transatlantic and global histories. Students study cultural and personal encounters with various substances (e.g., alcohol, cocaine, opium, designer drugs, and pharmaceuticals) and examine the history of stimulants and intoxicants entangled with issues of colonization, class formation, gender identity, subjectivity, immigration, religion, consumerism, and social conformity. Also, cultural resistances to intoxicants and the emergence of therapeutic recovery cultures in the context of contemporary human rights discourse. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: human rights and social justice; gender studies; American studies; global studies; humanities.
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