Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation
In this research deconstructive analyses of news-media texts and interview data were conducted to explore divergences in western liberal constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects, and the stigmatising and marginalising effects of such constructions. The findings pose questions about...
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| description | In this research deconstructive analyses of news-media texts and interview data were conducted to explore divergences in western liberal constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects, and the stigmatising and marginalising effects of such constructions. The findings pose questions about the role that dichotomising knowledge practices and underlying affective processes may play in limiting the development of meaningful and effective changes in how such conduct and individuals are understood and approached in western liberal culture. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-15372017-02-20T06:37:42Z Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation Willis, Laura Lehane In this research deconstructive analyses of news-media texts and interview data were conducted to explore divergences in western liberal constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects, and the stigmatising and marginalising effects of such constructions. The findings pose questions about the role that dichotomising knowledge practices and underlying affective processes may play in limiting the development of meaningful and effective changes in how such conduct and individuals are understood and approached in western liberal culture. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1537 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Willis, Laura Lehane Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title | Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title_full | Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title_fullStr | Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title_short | Deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| title_sort | deconstructing divergent constructions of illicit drug use and drug-using subjects: understanding enduring stigma and marginalisation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1537 |