Dehumanizing Discourse, Anti-Drug Law, and Policy in America A Crack Mother's Nightmare |
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| Author:
| Zerai, Assata
Banks, Rae |
| Series title: | Interdisciplinary Research Ser. in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-1545-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $119.95 |
Book Description:
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The problem of drug use by pregnant women has been widely discussed and both social policy and legizlation have been created in an attempt to deal with it. Using a black feminist analysis, this probing volume challenges these policies and laws, as well as much of the discussion, by examining the significant sexist, racist and class-based ideologies which underlie them.
The problem of drug use by pregnant women has been widely discussed and both social policy and legizlation have been created in an attempt to deal with it. Using a black feminist analysis, this probing volume challenges these policies and laws, as well as much of the discussion, by examining the significant sexist, racist and class-based ideologies which underlie them.