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The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

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Is Garcia’s work strictly ethnographic or autoethnographic? How does Garcia position herself within her research?

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What changes can be made in addiction care that incorporate aspects of culture and kinship? How can care combat problems that exist outside of institutional structures?

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What institutional structures does Garcia describe as detrimental to the process of drug rehabilitation? How have these structures been challenged or intensified since the book was published?

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