Script(ing) Treatment
Representations of Recovery from Addiction in Hollywood Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11057307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Curt Hersey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467-493 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Drug Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-4509 • E-ISSN: 2163-1808 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009145090503200308 |
| OpenAlex | W36274811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
American films and television programs increasingly feature characters recovering from addiction. These representations are based on previous depictions and help create a cultural understanding of addicts. This study analyzes the depiction of addicts and addiction in three Hollywood films whose narratives are largely situated within a treatment center: Clean and Sober (1988), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and 28 Days (2000). It concludes that the films depict a stock experience of treatment that is surprisingly univocal, as well as unrealistic when compared with the availability and realities of real-life programs. In addition, the films limit their representations of successful recovery to white, upper-class individuals and offer only one conceptual framework for addiction
Addiction · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Depiction · Feature film · Hollywood · Literature · Movie theater · Narrative · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Situated · Sociology · Visual arts · White (mutation) · Artificial Intelligence · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Media Influence and Health · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |