drugs, media and identity in contemporary society /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Paul Manning
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Portland, Or. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Willan Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 290 p. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. 1. Context, theory and history. 1. An introduction to the theoretical approaches and research traditions / Paul Manning -- 2. Mental health and moral panic : drug discourses in history / Andrew Blake -- pt. 2. Considering the "normalisation thesis". 3. Definitely, maybe not? The normalisation of recreational drug use amongst young people / Michael Shiner, Tim Newburn -- 4. The normalisation of "sensible" recreational drug use : further evidence from the North West Longitudinal Study / Howard Parker, Lisa Williams, Judith Aldridge -- pt. 3. Representing drugs in and as popular culture. 5. Drugs and popular music in the modern age / Andrew Blake -- 6. Drugs, the family and recent American cinema / Leighton Grist -- 7. Under a cloud : morality, ambivalence and uncertainty in news discourse of cannabis law reform in Great Britain / Simon Cross -- 8. The symbolic framing of drug use in the news : ecstasy and volatile substance abuse in newspapers / Paul Manning -- 9. Drug dealers as folk heroes? Drugs and television situation comedy / Paul Carter -- 10. Junk, skunk and northern lights : representing drugs in children's literature / Andrew Melrose, Vanessa Harbour -- pt. 4. Identities, cultural practices and drugs. 11. Echoes of drug culture in urban music / Oluyinka Esan -- 12. Drugs and identity : being a junkie mum / Sarah Dalal Goode -- 13. Women, drugs and popular culture : is there a need for a feminist embodiment perspective? / Elizabeth Ettorre -- 14. The drugs of labour : the contested nature of popular drug use in childbirth / Laura Hübner -- pt. 5. Drugs, normalisation and popular culture : implications and policy. 15. Systemic "normalisation"? Mapping and interpreting policy responses to illicit drug use / Richard Huggins