Fighting Firewater Fictions
In Fighting Firewater Fictions, Richard W. Thatcher describes and explains the emergence and perpetuation of the ''firewater complex'' – the cultural construct of an informally sanctioned, destructive, binge-drinking norm in First Nations reserve communities.
The complex has reified alcoholism as an inevitability in the First Nations – an approach that has resulted in essential aspects of collectiv...
In Fighting Firewater Fictions, Richard W. Thatcher describes and explains the emergence and perpetuation of the ''firewater complex'' – the cultural construct of an informally sanctioned, destructive, binge-drinking norm in First Nations reserve communities.
The complex has reified alcoholism as an inevitability in the First Nations – an approach that has resulted in essential aspects of collectiv...
