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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Young people, dance and the subcultural consumption of drugs.
AU - Moore, Karenza
AU - Miles, Steven
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Social Work and Social Policy & Administration
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This article discusses the role of drug consumption in the lives of young 'clubbers'. Arguing that debates over the consumption of drugs and youth transitions both serve to 'problematise' young people the suggestion is made that the role of drug consumption in dance-related settings remains largely misunderstood. As such, the article discusses qualitative data that taps into the nature of drug consumption in the pre, in and post-clubbing experience. This data reflects the way in which drug consumption provides a stabilising force in young people's lives. Drugs provide a resource through which young people create 'parallel lives' that counter-balance the uncertainties of everyday life. Research into young people and drugs continues to be dominated by epidemiology, medicine and psychology. In contrast, this article advocates a meaning-centred approach which prioritises an analysis of the specific and apparently mundane cultural contexts in which young people consume drugs.
AB - This article discusses the role of drug consumption in the lives of young 'clubbers'. Arguing that debates over the consumption of drugs and youth transitions both serve to 'problematise' young people the suggestion is made that the role of drug consumption in dance-related settings remains largely misunderstood. As such, the article discusses qualitative data that taps into the nature of drug consumption in the pre, in and post-clubbing experience. This data reflects the way in which drug consumption provides a stabilising force in young people's lives. Drugs provide a resource through which young people create 'parallel lives' that counter-balance the uncertainties of everyday life. Research into young people and drugs continues to be dominated by epidemiology, medicine and psychology. In contrast, this article advocates a meaning-centred approach which prioritises an analysis of the specific and apparently mundane cultural contexts in which young people consume drugs.
U2 - 10.1080/16066350412331323083
DO - 10.1080/16066350412331323083
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 507
EP - 523
JO - Addiction Research and Theory
JF - Addiction Research and Theory
SN - 1606-6359
IS - 6
ER -