Musgrove, Brian (2006) Dealing with the demon: drugs, history and society. Marcus Boon The road of excess: a history of writers on drugs, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2002 (339 pp). ISBN 0-674-00914-2 [Book review]. Australian Review of Public Affairs. ISSN 1832-1526
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Abstract
This review article examines several social aspects of the perception of drugs and drug cultures. It looks briefly at drug literature, as well as the moral panics surrounding drugs as a part of the 'crisis' of modernity.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | No |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Awaiting copyright permission from publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Humanities and International Studies (Up to 31 Mar 2011) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Humanities and International Studies (Up to 31 Mar 2011) |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2007 01:13 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2016 23:50 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | drugs; drug literature; drug culture; modernity; moral panic |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200203 Consumption and Everyday Life 16 Studies in Human Society > 1602 Criminology > 160204 Criminological Theories |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/2696 |
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