Exploring the micro-politics of normalisation: Narratives of pleasure, self-control and desire in a sample of young Australian ‘party drug’ users

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Exploring the micro-politics of normalisation: Narratives of pleasure, self-control and desire in a sample of young Australian ‘party drug’ users

This article explores the micro-politics of recreational use of illicit ‘party drugs’ in a social networkof young Australians. These young people often engage in extended sessions of concurrent alcoholand other drug use, and regularly emphasise the pleasures associated with this use. However,as well...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Pennay, Amy, Moore, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2010
Subjects:	self-control pleasure Australia Normalisation party drugs ethnography
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16114

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