| Titre | Les sociétés de l'opium : regards croisés sur la fumerie new-yorkaise au xixe siècle | |
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| Auteur | Irène Delcourt | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 156, 3ème trimestre 2018 “American Psychotrope” | |
| Page | 56-70 | |
| Résumé anglais |
In the mid-19th century, recreational opium use began to spread in America. Initially seen as an innocuous remedy, it soon morphed into a hobby—and a vice—for a select few via a newly imported establishment: the “Chinese” opium den. Seen as a source of potential moral decay and physical deterioration by mainstream hygienist discourse, the opium den was also a sanctuary and a home for its disciples. Caught between evolving notions of identity, community, morality and a scientific revolution in the making, the opium den briefly embodied the defining struggles of turn-of-the-century urban America. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RFEA_156_0056 |
