The culture of recovery
Subtitle: making sense of the recovery movement in women's lives
By: Elayne Rapping.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Recovering addicts.; Feminism.; Women -- Mental health.; Self-esteem in women.; Twelve-step programs -- Political aspects.; Reovery movement.
Description: In The Culture of Recovery, media analyst and critic Elayne Rapping demonstrates the broad reach of the recovery movement and, while acknowledging its positive aspects, alerts us to its political dangers. She traces the interconnected recovery "industry," from talk shows to drug treatment centers, and examines its impact on contemporary political life.

Condemning the movement for ignoring real social problems, Rapping nonetheless makes a surprising argument: that the recovery phenomenon owes much of its success to the insights and strategies of second-wave feminism, even as it turns its back on the women's movement's political message.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.