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Record Nr.

UNINA9910424949003321

Autore

Hardon Anita

Titolo

Chemical Youth : Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life / / by Anita Hardon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2020

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030570811

3030570819

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 318 p.) : 74 illus., 67 illus. in color

Collana

Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty, , 2523-7276

Classificazione

SOC002000SOC026000SOC026010SOC047000SOC057000

Disciplina

306

300

Soggetti

Ethnology

Social medicine

Science - Social aspects

Sociology

Social groups

Youth - Social life and customs

Sociocultural Anthropology

Medical Sociology

Science and Technology Studies

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Youth Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Chemical Highs -- 3. Chemical Breath -- 4. Chemical Sexualities -- 5. Chemical Whiteness -- 6. Chemical 24/7 -- 7. Chemical Supplements -- 8. Chemical Creativities -- 9. Chemical Futures. .

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book explores how young people engage with chemical substances in their everyday lives. It builds upon and supplements a large body of literature on young people's use of drugs and alcohol to highlight the subjectivities and socialities that chemical



use enables across diverse socio-cultural settings, illustrating how young people seek to avoid harm, while harnessing the beneficial effects of chemical use. The book is based on multi-sited anthropological research in Southeast Asia, Europe and the US, and presents insights from collaborative and contrasting analysis. Hardon brings new perspectives to debates across drug policy studies, pharmaceutical cultures and regulation, science and technology studies, and youth and precarity in post-industrial societies.