Drinking Dilemmas - Space, culture and identity (Paperback)

Drinking and drunkenness have become a focal point for political and media debates to contest notions of responsibility, discipline and risk; yet, at the same time, academic studies have highlighted the positive aspects of drinking in relation to sociability, belonging and identity. These issues are at the heart of this volume, which brings together the work of academics and researchers exploring social and cultural aspects of contemporary drinking practices. These drinking practices are enormously varied and are spatially and culturally defined. The contributions to the volume draw on research settings from across the UK and beyond to demonstrate both the complexity and diversity of drinking subjectivities and practices. Across these examples tensions relating to gender, social class, age and the life course are particularly prominent. Rather than align to now long-established moral discourses about what constitutes 'good' and 'bad' drinking, sociological approaches to alcohol foreground the vivid, lived, nature of alcohol consumption and the associated experiences of drunkenness and intoxication. In doing so, the volume illuminates the controversial yet important social and cultural roles played by drink for individuals and groups across a range of social contexts.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sociological Futures
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2016
Editors:	Thomas Thurnell-Read
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-59636-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	1-138-59636-1
Barcode:	9781138596368

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