Youth, drugs, and nightlife / / Geoffrey Hunt, Molly Moloney, and Kristin Evans

• Autore: Hunt Geoffrey <1947-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.290835
• Soggetto topico: Youth - Drug use; Subculture
• Altri autori: EvansKristin MoloneyMolly
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Theory and methods for studying youth""; ""Chapter 1 Epidemiology meets cultural studies: Studying and understanding youth cultures, clubs, and drugs""; ""Chapter 2 Clubbers, candy kids, and jaded ravers: Introducing the scene, the participants, and the drugs""; ""Part II The global, the national, and the local""; ""Chapter 3 Clubbing, drugs, and the dance scene in a global perspective""; ""Chapter 4 Youth, US drug policy, and social control of the dance scene"" ; ""Chapter 5 Uncovering the local: San Franciscoâ€?s nighttime economy""""Part III Drug pleasures, risks, and combinations""; ""Chapter 6 The “great unmentionableâ€?: Exploring the pleasures and benefits of ecstasy""; ""Chapter 7 Drug use and the meaning of risk""; ""Chapter 8 Combining different substances in the dance scene: Enhancing pleasure, managing risk, and timing effects""; ""Part IV Gender, social context, and ethnicity""; ""Chapter 9 Drugs, gender, sexuality, and accountability in the world of raves""; ""Chapter 10 Alcohol, gender, and social context"" ; ""Chapter 11 Asian American youth: Consumption, identity, and drugs in the dance scene""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Youth, Drugs, and Night Life examines the relationships between the electronic dance scene and drug use for young ravers and clubbers today. Based on over 300 interviews with ravers, DJ's and promoters, Hunt, Moloney, and Evans examine the different social groupings that make up the scene. The authors explore the accomplishment of gender, sexuality, and Asian American ethnic identity and critically analyze the negotiation of risk and pleasure within the world of raves and dance clubs. We learn about young ravers and clubbers' frustrations with recent attempts to control clubs and raves and the
• Titolo autorizzato: Youth, drugs, and nightlife
• ISBN: 1-134-18924-9; 1-134-18925-7; 1-282-50373-1; 9786612503733; 0-203-92941-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781074703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II