Whiteout : How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America.

Author/creator Hansen, Helena, 1969-
Other author Netherland, Julie.
Other author Herzberg, David L. (David Lowell)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of California Press, 2023.
Description1 online resource (385 pages)
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects

Contents Pharmakon of racial poisons and cures / as told by Helena Hansen -- How to see whiteness : a detour through race theory / by all authors -- Good Samaritans in the war on drugs that wasn't / as told by Jules Netherland -- "Mother's little helpers" : medicine's safe cabinet for white narcotics / as told by David Herzberg -- Oxycontin's racial precision -- Buprenorphine's silent white revolution -- The housewife's return to heroin (and foray into fentanyl) -- From racial capitalism to biosocial justice.
Abstract The first critical analysis of how Whiteness drove the opioid crisis. In the past two decades, media images of the surprisingly white ""new face"" of the US opioid crisis abounded. But why was the crisis so white? Some argued that skyrocketing overdoses were ""deaths of despair"" signaling deeper socioeconomic anguish in white communities. Whiteout makes the counterintuitive case that the opioid crisis was the product.
General noteDescription based upon print version of record.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formPrint version: Hansen, Helena Whiteout Ann Arbor : University of California Press,c2023 9780520384057
ISBN0520384075
ISBN9780520384071 (electronic bk.)
Stock number22573/ctv33dm75d JSTOR
Stock number66214760-491A-47E0-B268-F2AB5A4FB120 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available