{"product_id":"women-and-substance-use-9780813518640","title":"Women And Substance Use","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Ettorre offers a clear account of women and substance use in a field which has been resistant to a woman-oriented perspective. The authors of most \"addiction studies\" view women as stigmatized and marginalized. Ettorre strongly counters this perspective. She focuses specifically on womens use of alcohol  prescribed drugs (specifically minor tranquilizers)  heroin  tobacco  and food. Using the term \"substance use\" rather than \"abuse\" throughout the text  she directly challenges ideas regarding women in the field of addiction. More significantly  Ettorre deliberately puts forward a feminist perspective rooted in the identity and consciousness of women substance users. In order to expose the major misconception held by both clinicians and researchers in the field--that women substance abusers are a homogeneous group--Ettorre provides separate analyses of the different substances used and abused by women. She emphasizes the types of feminist strategies to use in the substance abuse field which will mobilize women. These strategies  she argues  must become increasingly visible if changes are to occur. Women need to build an alternative creative response which challenges the pervasive dogmatism in the substance abuse field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930156040245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813518644","price":99.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813518640.jpg?v=1794206443","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/women-and-substance-use-9780813518640","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}