by ShaneBlackman (Author)
Erudite and wide-ranging, perceptive and provocative, lively and up-to-date - Shane Blackman has produced a book with something to offer to just about anyone interested in drugs in contemporary society. Blackman uncovers hidden histories, points out the contradictions running through media, popular culture and official policy and highlights the challenges facing us. Chilling Out is a book that will be a boon to students and a valuable resource for both teachers and researchers. Nigel South, Professor, Department of Sociology and Research Professor, Department of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex.
Chilling Out provides a critical map of drugs, bringing together work on drugs as a source of political state repression and regulation of morality through medical discourse, work on drugs as cultural commodities in film, popular music, advertising and tourism, work on `drug normalisation', subcultural deviance and the politics of drug education.
This clear and enlightening text for sociology, health and media and cultural studies courses argues for an holistic and a critical understanding of drugs in society, which can be the basis for a more coherent approach to drug control. Practitioners and policy makers will find it a thought-provoking and informative source.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 01 Jul 2004
ISBN 10: 0335200729
ISBN 13: 9780335200726