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Smokefree - A Social, Moral and Political Atmosphere (Hardcover)
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Smokefree - A Social, Moral and Political Atmosphere (Hardcover)
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Although tobacco is a legal substance, many governments around the
world have introduced legislation to restrict smoking and access to
tobacco products. Smokefree critically examines these changes, from
the increasing numbers of places being designated as 'smokefree' to
changes in cigarette packaging and the portrayal of smoking in
popular culture. Unlike existing texts, this book neither advances
a public health agenda nor condemns the erosion of individual
rights. Instead, Simone Dennis takes a classical anthropological
approach to present the first agenda-free, full-length study of
smoking. Observing and analysing smoking practices and
environments, she investigates how the social, moral, political and
legal atmosphere of 'smokefree' came into being and examines the
ideas about smoke, air, the senses, space, and time which underlie
it. Looking at the impact on public space and individuals, she
reveals broader findings about the relationship between the state,
agents, and what is seen to constitute 'the public'. Enriched with
ethnographic vignettes from the author's ten years of fieldwork in
Australia, Smokefree is a challenging, important book which demands
to be read and discussed by anyone with an interest in
anthropology, sociology, political science, human geography, and
public health.
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