Youth, Drugs, and Nightlife

ISBN-13: 9780415374712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

&. Evens Hunt

Opis

Using information from over 300 in-depth interviews with ravers, DJ's and promoters, the authors examine the social and ethnic background of the ravers and clubbers, their initial involvement with the scene, their experiences of the drugs and their changing tastes in music.

Spis treści

Part 1: Theory and Methods for Studying Youth  1. Epidemiology Meets Cultural Studies: Studying and Understanding Youth Cultures, Clubs, and Drugs  2. Clubbers, Candy Kids and Jaded Ravers: Introducing the Scene, the Participants, and the Drugs  Part 2: The Global the National and the Local  3. Clubbing, Drugs, and the Dance Scene in a Global Perspective  4. Youth, US Drug Policy, and Social Control of the Dance Scene  5. Uncovering the Local: San Francisco’s Nighttime Economy  Part 3: Drug Pleasures, Risks and Combinations  6. "The Great Unmentionable": Exploring the Pleasures and Benefits of Ecstasy  7. Drug Use and the Meaning of Risk  8. Combining Different Substances in the Dance Scene: Enhancing Pleasure, Managing Risk, and Timing Effects  Part 4: Gender, Social Context, and Ethnicity  9. Drugs, Gender, Sexuality, and Accountability in the World of Raves  10. Alcohol, Gender, and Social Context  11. Asian American Youth: Consumption, Identity, and Drugs in the Dance Scene