Historique
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Becoming a "hype": heroin consumption, subcultural formation and resistance in Canada, 1945-1961
(Usage d'héroïne, formation d'une sous-culture et résistance au Canada, 1945-1961.)
Auteur(s) :
CARSTAIRS C.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
91-115
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
;
MARGINAL
;
EXCLUSION
;
CONTROLE SOCIAL
;
DEVIANCE
;
IDENTITE
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
Contemporary Drug Problems, 2002, 29, (1), 91-115
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In the late 1940s and 1950s a new subculture of heroin use developed in Vancouver and Toronto. The users were primarily working-class or poor and often came from troubled family backgrounds. Heroin use was a way of satisfying longings and cravings and of establishing a sense of identity and community. Heroin's status as a banned substance with a frightening reputation ensured that consuming it was also an act of defiance and resistance against community norms. This paper explores the use of heroin as a consumer commodity and symbol of resistance, and locates the development of this drug-using subculture in the distinctive socio-economic and cultural circumstances of post-World War II Canada. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Canada. Canada.