The rise and fall of Synanon : a California utopia / Rod Janzen.

Author/creator Janzen, Rod A.
Other author Center for American Places.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Descriptionix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Synanon and the image of a rattlesnake in a mailbox -- In the beginning, a cure for drug addicts -- The coming of the squares -- Integration and the game -- The Synanon school -- Dopefiends and squares -- Communal art, re-creation and a new religious identity -- Violence and shaved heads -- The end of childbirth and changing partners -- Legal issues and materialism -- A period of darkened light -- The final years -- Reasons for the decline -- Synanon people on the outside.
General note"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Harrisonburg, Virginia"--P. opposite t.p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index.
LCCN 00010554
ISBN0801865832 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV5800 .J36 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold