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'...offers interesting insights into issues of gender and substance use in a variety of cultural and historical settings.'Anthropology in Action'Maryon McDonald has been successful in bringing together in one volume most vital and relevant issues pertaining to the areas of gender, drink and drugs. The volume offers an innovative approach, makes interesting reading, and provokes thought ... will have a large readership not only in the discipline of anthropology but also in allied disciplines.'Anthropos'...broaden(s) our understanding of the cultural construction of gender as reflected in the behaviors and meanings associated with alcohol and drug use and abuse.'Medical Anthropology Quarterly'vital and stimulating reading.'Self, Agency and Society

'...offers interesting insights into issues of gender and substance use in a variety of cultural and historical settings.' Anthropology in Action 'Maryon McDonald has been successful in bringing together in one volume most vital and relevant issues pertaining to the areas of gender, drink and drugs. The volume offers an innovative approach, makes interesting reading, and provokes thought ... will have a large readership not only in the discipline of anthropology but also in allied disciplines.' Anthropos '...broaden(s) our understanding of the cultural construction of gender as reflected in the behaviors and meanings associated with alcohol and drug use and abuse.' Medical Anthropology Quarterly 'vital and stimulating reading.' Self, Agency and Society

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