Inside The Fantastic Lodge
Relational ties, gender, and addict identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970864 |
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| Authors | Joseph F Spillane (0000-0001-9943-333X, corresponding author), Joseph Spillane |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Pages | 65-84 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social History of Alcohol Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-2783 • E-ISSN: 2640-7329 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/shad31010065 |
| OpenAlex | W2899015332 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The Fantastic Lodge (1961) is a remarkable life history and a powerful rendering of mid-century heroin use and drug addiction. This article considers the experiences of its subject, Marilyn Bishop, from a network perspective, examining the intimate relational ties that gave shape and meaning to life within the world of Chicago’s postwar scene. Reconstructing the social networks of Marilyn’s “fantastic lodge” combines a close reading of her narrative with extensive historical research to de-anonymize significant details from the published text, along with a careful consideration of the dynamic nature and conduct of the drug war in Chicago. The resulting account considers social relationships as a foundation of addict identity and a support for shared cultural narratives, but also as a source of conflict and a reflection of racial and gender hierarchies. From a drug war perspective, social networks operated within a risk environment created by state actions to surveil and control illicit markets. Policing transformed law on the books into an actual set of risks and outcomes for vulnerable heroin users; these vulnerabilities were unevenly shared, in part based on the strengths and weaknesses of network ties. Marilyn Bishop’s story reminds drug historians of the continued importance of reconstructing user experience and developing concrete accounts of addict agency, action, and identity
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