Historique
Article de Périodique
Performing cannabis in the light of the backpacker discourse (2010)
Auteur(s) :
HELLUM, M.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
165-187
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
STYLE DE VIE
;
ERRANCE
;
DISCOURS
;
HIPPIE
;
LOISIR
;
THEORIE
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
HISTOIRE
;
PERFORMANCE
Thésaurus géographique
SUEDE
Résumé :
The aim of this article is to discuss how we theoretically can understand the relationship between a specific intoxicating drug and a specific holiday discourse, in this case the relationship between the drug cannabis and the backpackers' discourse. Starting from the term performance, which is divided into different forms of performance - directed, identity-oriented, and nonconforming - I try to grasp the process of materialization: how matters or substances ascribe meaning. In this article I discuss how the backpacker discourse is historically formed by the 1960s/70s hippie discourse, and further, how the drug cannabis is a part of this picture. Cannabis is used as a marketing instrument when the backpackers' discourse is promoted. There is a link between an ideology described in the hippie discourse and different forms of performance, such as identity-oriented, where cannabis is referred to as "natural," and intoxication as a happy, nonviolent alternative, connected to solidarity, and the nonconforming performance, which can be a performance showing shame in relation to travelling and illicit drug experiences, or a resistance performance which aligns with the official Swedish drug discourse in order to present Swedish backpackers positively. [Author's abstract]
Affiliation :
Telemark University College, Department of Social Studies, 3901 Porsgruun, Norway / Norvège. Merete.Hellum@hit.no