Masters Thesis

(Sub)urbanites Under the Influence: High Crimes and Border Crossings in the Addiction Narratives of Junky and Breaking Bad

This thesis examines fictional addict character representations in contemporary texts and highlights how racial and economic privilege is extended and exercised within addict communities. This work also considers the historical contexts of the social and political stigmas of drugs and drug addict perspectives and how the recent decriminalization of certain drug offenses have favored some populations and affect the ways addicts are represented in American popular culture.

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