7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. CONSTRUCTIONS OF ADDICTION
7. 1. Addiction and the Ends of Desire 19
8. 2. A Terminal Case 38
9. PART II. FIGURES OF THE ORIENT
10. 3. Narrating National Addictions 63
11. 4. Victorian Highs 85
12. PART III. DEMON DRINK
13. 5. The Rhetoric of Addiction 97
14. 6. Firewater Legacy 109
15. PART IV. PLEASURES, REPRESSIONS, RESISTANCES
16. 7. Smoking, Addiction, and the Making of Time 119
17. 8. An Intoxicated Screen 134
18. PART V. TRAUMA, MEDIA, CYBERSPACE
19. 9. Welcome to the Pharmacy 161
20. 10. If “Reality Is the Best Metaphor,” It Must Be Virtual 175
21. NOTES 191
22. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 225
23. INDEX 227