Does coffee lead to heroin?: youth, drugs and the discourse of Australian modernisation

Musgrove, Brian (2004) Does coffee lead to heroin?: youth, drugs and the discourse of Australian modernisation. Eucalypt, 3 . pp. 61-75.

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Abstract

This article examines the images of Kings Cross in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s, images of unruly drugtaking Australian youth, moral panics, and their relationship to debates about the modernisation of Australian society in the period.

Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Additional Information:	Author holds copyright. ISBN 88 477 0751 2.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Australian youth, drugs, modernisation, moral panics
Fields of Research (FOR2008):	19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1999 Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 199999 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2005 Literary Studies > 200502 Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
Subjects:	420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420399 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified 420000 Language and Culture > 420200 Literature Studies > 420202 Australian and New Zealand 410000 The Arts > 419900 Other Arts > 419999 The Arts not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008):	UNSPECIFIED
ID Code:	2690
Deposited By:	Dr Brian Musgrove
Deposited On:	23 Jan 2008 16:11
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2010 12:37

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