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The Syringe as a Prosthetic

NICOLE VITELLONE

Manchester University

In this article I examine the significance of the syringe in relation to everyday drug-taking practices, especially in regard to the constitution of gender identity and heterosexuality. Such an exploration of the syringe will be conducted via a review of empirical literature on drug-injecting practices. This investigation of the syringe is informed by contemporary social and cultural theory on objects. By considering the performativity of the syringe and the syringe-in-use I argue that the object of the syringe is key for understanding risk and identity formation. Moreover, I also suggest while current analyses of IV drug use point to the dangerous practice of sharing as concerning individual behavior and social relations, such understandings overlook the significance of the syringe as constitutive of the self, sociality and power.

Key Words: gender identity • heterosexuality • objectual practice • performativity • prosthetic culture • risk • syringe

Body & Society, Vol. 9, No. 3, 37-52 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X030093003
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