Drinking Dilemmas: Space, Culture and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781138596368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 220 str.

Thomas Thurnell-Read

Opis

This volume brings together a wealth of contemporary research from a diverse range of cultural contexts which explores sociological aspects of contemporary drinking and alcohol consumption practices. Drinking Dilemmas contributes a significant and much needed exploration of the contested role of alcohol and drunkenness in contemporary debates about place, identity and sociality.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. Drinking Dilemmas?: Space, culture and identity, Thomas Thurnell-Read  2. Revisiting Urban Nightscapes: An Academic and personal journey through twenty years of nightlife research, Robert Hollands  3. The Symbolic Value of Alcohol: The importance of alcohol consumption, drinking practices and drinking spaces in classed and gendered identity construction, Kimberley Ross-Houle, Amanda Atkinson and Harry Sumnall  4. Beer and Belonging: Real ale consumption, place and identity , Thomas Thurnell-Read  5. Illegal Drinking Venues in a South African Township: Sites of struggle in the informal city, Andrew Charman  6. ‘Eat, Drink and Be Merry for Tomorrow We Die’: Alcohol practices in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, Marie Bonte  7. ‘A Force to be Reckoned With’: The Role and Influence of Alcohol in Leeds’ Extreme Metal Scene, Gabby Riches  8. ‘Never, Ever Go Down the Bigg Market’: Classed and spatialised processes of othering on the ‘girls’ night out’, Emily Nicholls  9. Young People’s Alcohol-Related Urban Im/mobilities, Samantha Wilkinson  10. Parenting Style and Gender Effects on Alcohol Consumptions among University Students in France, Ludovic Gaussot, Loïc Le Minor and Nicolas Palierne  11. Growing up, Going out: Cultural and aesthetic attachment to the night time economy, Oliver Smith  12. ‘There Are Limits on What You Can Do’: Biographical reconstruction by those bereaved by alcohol-related deaths, Christine Valentine, Lorna Templeton and Richard Velleman  13. Drinking Dilemmas: Making a difference?, Mark Jayne and Gill Valentine

O autorze

Thomas Thurnell-Read is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities at Coventry University. Through his research and teaching, he uses contemporary leisure and consumption practices, particularly those relating to drinking and drunkenness, to explore a range of sociological issues relating to sociality, identity and diversity. His research on British stag party tourism in Poland has been published in a range of international journals and focuses on the social construction of masculinity through transgressive drinking practices. He is the editor (with Dr Mark Casey, Newcastle University) of Men, Masculinities, Travel and Tourism (2014, Palgrave Macmillan). He is a founder member of the BSA Alcohol Study Group and has been Co-Convenor of the group since July 2012.