‘We the Avant-Garde’. A History from Below of Dutch Heroin Use in the 1970s
In the 1970s the Netherlands (like many other western countries) was shocked by a sudden wave of heroin use. The heroin ‘epidemic’ is currently framed as a public health problem that has been solved in a commendably humane fashion. In the mean time heroin users have gained a ‘loser image’. Using memoirs written by and interviews with former heroin users, this article argues that heroin use was initially linked to cultural rebellion, self-development and social criticism. We need to take this forgotten aspect of the history of the Dutch heroin ‘epidemic’ into account when we try to explain this... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, Vol 132, Iss 1, Pp 104-125 (2017) |
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Schlagwörter: | Medical history / Netherlands / Drugs / 20th century / Nederlandse geschiedenis / Nederland / België / History of Low Countries - Benelux Countries / DH1-925 |
Sprache: | Englisch Niederländisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26539741 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10312 |