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A Second Chance: Reenactment and Recovery Narratives in a Peruvian Drug Rehabilitation Center.

The following article discusses a collaborative, reenactment film made with the residents of a drug rehabilitation center in Iquitos, Peru. In so doing, it raises questions about narratives of recovery from addiction, and the tensions that emerge between these narratives and the often‐ambivalent fee...

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Published in:Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 190 - 209
Main Author: Silverstein, Sydney M.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2021
Subjects:
Iquitos (Peru)
Peru
Substance abuse treatment
Rehabilitation centers
Motion picture actors & actresses
Narratives
Filmmaking
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost