Choose Life Choose Leith by Tim Bell sampler
By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book.
By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life, Choose Leith both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life, Choose Leith acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book.
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Contents<br />
Maps 10<br />
<strong>Tim</strong>eline 15<br />
Preface to the 2nd edition 17<br />
Introduction 21<br />
Acknowledgements 24<br />
section i: By <strong>Leith</strong> Central Station They Sat Down and Wept 25<br />
Chapter 1 <strong>Leith</strong> Central Station 26<br />
Chapter 2 <strong>Leith</strong> Junkies 35<br />
section ii: Composition, Threads, Tensions, Structures 47<br />
Chapter 3 First Generation Episodes 48<br />
Chapter 4 Second Generation 54<br />
Chapter 5 The Bastard Twins 62<br />
Chapter 6 David Bowie, Soren Kierkegaard and the Professionals 67<br />
Chapter 7 The Music Trail 71<br />
section iii: Trainspotting on Location and Character Profiles 79<br />
Chapter 8 <strong>Leith</strong>, Edinburgh, Scotland 80<br />
Chapter 9 There was an Irishman, a Dutchman and a Scotsman 95<br />
Chapter 10 Maistly Rubble Nou… 107<br />
Chapter 11 Meanwhile in the Schemes 122<br />
Chapter 12 Welsh’s Women 134<br />
section iv: Heroin, Dealers, Sex and hiv/aids 139<br />
Chapter 13 God’s Own Medicine 140<br />
Chapter 14 From Eden to <strong>Leith</strong> 147
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