Sisters of the Extreme: Women Writing on the Drug Experience: Charlotte Bronte, Louisa May Alcott, Anais Nin, Maya Angelou, Billie Holiday, Nina Hagen, Carrie Fisher, and Others

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Sisters of the Extreme provides us with the eloquent writings of women who experimented with drugs. Sometimes their quests brought unexpected rewards, sometimes suffering. The selections in this anthology show that the psychedelic experiences of women have been anything but stereotypical.;Cover Iamge; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Images of Women and Drugs in Myth and History; GREECE AND CRETE; EGYPT; ASIA MINOR AND INDIA; EUROPE; NONWESTERN CULTURES; Chapter 2. Opium and the Victorian Imagination; MARY "PERDITA" ROBINSON; ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING; GEORGE SAND; MARGARET FULLER; MARIA WHITE LOWELL; CHARLOTTE BRONTË; ELIZABETH SIDDAL; LOUISA MAY ALCOTT; THE HOOKAH; JANE ADDAMS; SARAH BERNHARDT; SANTA LOUISE ANDERSON; THE PIPE AND THE NEEDLE; MARY C. HUNGERFORD; CHARLOTTE RIDDELL; PATENT MEDICINES; COCA WINE AND COCAINE Cover Iamge Title Page Dedication Table of Contents Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Images of Women and Drugs in Myth and History GREECE AND CRETE EGYPT ASIA MINOR AND INDIA EUROPE NONWESTERN CULTURES Chapter 2. Opium and the Victorian Imagination MARY "PERDITA" ROBINSON ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING GEORGE SAND MARGARET FULLER MARIA WHITE LOWELL CHARLOTTE BRONTË ELIZABETH SIDDAL LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THE HOOKAH JANE ADDAMS SARAH BERNHARDT SANTA LOUISE ANDERSON THE PIPE AND THE NEEDLE MARY C. HUNGERFORD CHARLOTTE RIDDELL PATENT MEDICINES COCA WINE AND COCAINE Chapter 3. Expatriates and VagabondsISABELLE EBERHARDT CHICAGO MAY EDITH WHARTON EDITH BLINN'S MABEL DODGE LUHAN HOPHEADS, SNOWBIRDS, AND VIPERS IN SONG WHITE LADY MINA LOY BARONESS ELSE VON FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN ANITA BERBER CARESSE CROSBY O.W. THE WAR ON DRUGS BOX-CAR BERTHA EMILY HAHN Chapter 4. Mainline Ladies FLORRIE FISHER BILLIE HOLIDAY JANET CLARK BARBARA QUINN EDITH PIAF FRANÇOISE SAGAN MAYA ANGELOU ANNA KAVAN Chapter 5. Psychedelic Pioneers MARÍA SABINA VALENTINA WASSON MASHA WASSON BRITTEN ALICE B. TOKLAS ENID BLYTON ANAÏS NIN LAURA HUXLEY HARRIETTE FRANCESCONSTANCE A. NEWLAND MARGARET MEAD Chapter 6. Beats and Hippies BONNIE FRAZER [BREMSER] ELLEN SANDER KAY JOHNSON DIANE DI PRIMA LENORE KANDEL GARNET BRENNAN LINDA ROSENKRANTZ SHARON RUDAHL ANITA HOFFMAN ELIZABETH GIPS ROSEMARY WOODRUFF LEARY MARY WORONOV UNDERGROUND COMICS Chapter 7. Choosers and Abusers ANNE WALDMAN MARLENE DOBKIN DE RIOS BARBARA MYERHOFF SARA DAVIDSON SUSAN NADLER LORNA DEE CERVANTES MARCIA MOORE SUSAN SONTAG JEANNINE PARVATI CARRIE FISHER Chapter 8. Shaman Women at the End of the Millennium SUSAN GORDON LYDON ADELE GETTY REQUA TOLBERTGRACIE ANN SHULGIN KALIMÁ NINA HAGEN INDIA BONHAM ALICE DEE DARBY ROMEO JENNIFER JOSEPH ADEENA KARASICK IRIS BERRY KATHLEEN HARRISON NINA GRABOI SIMONE GARRIGUES Footnotes Bibliography About the Authors About Inner Traditions Bear & Company Copyright & Permissions