Titre : | Performing cannabis in the light of the backpacker discourse (2010) |
Auteurs : | M. HELLUM |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol.37, n°1, Spring 2010) |
Article en page(s) : | 165-187 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CANNABIS ; STYLE DE VIE ; ERRANCE ; DISCOURS ; HIPPIE ; LOISIR ; THEORIE ; ETUDE QUALITATIVE ; HISTOIRE ; PERFORMANCEThésaurus 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] |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Telemark University College, Department of Social Studies, 3901 Porsgruun, Norway / Norvège. Merete.Hellum@hit.no |
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