Rx Appalachia : stories of treatment and survival in rural Kentucky /
Using the narratives of women who use(d) drugs, this account challenges popular understandings of Appalachia spread by such pundits as J.D. Vance by documenting how women, families and communities cope with generational systems of oppression. Prescription opioids are associated with rising rates of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Haymarket Books,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Using the narratives of women who use(d) drugs, this account challenges popular understandings of Appalachia spread by such pundits as J.D. Vance by documenting how women, families and communities cope with generational systems of oppression. Prescription opioids are associated with rising rates of overdose deaths and hepatitis C and HIV infection in the United States, including in rural central Appalachia. Yet there is a dearth of studies examining rural opioid use. RX Appalachia explores the gendered inequalities that situate women's encounters with substance abuse treatment as well as additional state interventions targeted at women who use drugs in one of the most impoverished regions in the United States. |
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| Physical Description: | 264 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1642592285 9781642592283 9781642591231 1642591238 |