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OverviewThis open access book explores the increasing role of psychoactive substances in contemporary everyday life, focussing on women's use. Drawing on an ethnographic study in Sweden, it uses cultural studies and queer phenomenology to analyse the women’s narratives of drug use relating to themes that encompass social, legal, cultural, embodied and gendered perspectives on drugs in the contemporary Western world. It examines topics such as stigma, happiness, children, the body, gifts, the drug market, medication, sickness and health and also the orientation of themselves towards others, to social and cultural norms, to drug laws and to the substances. It discusses how drug related spaces and directions be analysed in terms of gender and class, and how, in turn, the directions of contemporary society and culture can be affected by drug use. It speaks to academics in Sociology, Criminology, Ethnology, Gender studies, Law and History. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emma EleonorasdotterPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2024 Weight: 0.483kg ISBN: 9783031460593ISBN 10: 3031460596 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 22 December 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Drugs in historical and contemporary contexts: Legal, cultural, scientific, and geographical.- Drugs and medications.- 4. Meeting points.- 5. Possessing drugs.- 6. Avoiding The Junkie.- 7. Staying appropriate.- 8. Behaving with children.- 8. Behaving with children.- 10. Appropriate drugs.- 11. Negotiating addiction.- 12. Happy using drugs?.- 13. Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationEmma Eleonorasdotter is a researcher and lecturer in Ethnology at Lund University, Sweden. She is an ethnologist and a cultural analyst interested in inequality and everyday lives, and has been part of the editorial team of the Swedish anti-racist cultural magazine Mana since 2008. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |