Historique
Livre
Women's drug use in everyday life
Auteur(s) :
ELEONORASDOTTER, E.
Année
2024
Page(s) :
356 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Cham [Switzerland] : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
978-3-031-46057-9
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
SEXE FEMININ
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
ALCOOL
;
MEDICAMENTS
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
PLAISIR
;
ADDICTION
;
ETUDE QUALITATIVE
;
CULTUREL
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Thésaurus géographique
SUEDE
Résumé :
This open access book explores the everyday use of psychoactive substances in contemporary Sweden, focusing on women's use. Drawing on an ethnographic study, it uses critical theory such as queer phenomenology to analyse twelve women's narratives of their use of drugs. The book also draws attention to the social, legal, cultural, embodied and gendered background of drugs and drug use in the contemporary global North, and how the meanings of drug use have shifted over time, with a specific focus on Sweden. It examines topics such as stigma, happiness, children, the body, gifts, the drug market, medication, sickness and health by directing attention to the women's orientations towards objects and people, and how the women align or do not align with social and cultural norms. It discusses how drug-related spaces and directions can be analysed in terms of gender and class, and how, in turn, the directions of contemporary society and culture can be affected by drug use. It speaks to academics in Sociology, Criminology, Ethnology, Anthropology, Gender studies, Law and History. [Editor's abstract]
Affiliation :
Lund University, Sweden