Drinking in the dark: shedding light on young people’s alcohol consumption experiences

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Drinking in the dark: shedding light on young people’s alcohol consumption experiences

This paper draws on 12 months of ethnographic research to explore the drinking experiences of young people, aged 15-24, living in the suburban case study locations of Chorlton and Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK. This paper moves beyond the contemporary geographical imaginary of alcohol consumption as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilkinson, Samantha
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis online 2016
Subjects:	alcohol consumption; atmospheres; darkness; lightness; spaces of drinking; young people
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37091/

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