Cultures of Intoxication: key Issues and Debates

348 Pages·2020·4.091 MB·English

by  Fiona Hutton

Cultures of
Intoxication
Key Issues and Debates
Edited by Fiona Hutton
Cultures of Intoxication
Fiona Hutton
Editor
Cultures of
Intoxication
Key Issues and Debates
Editor
Fiona Hutton
Victoria University
Wellington, New Zealand
ISBN 978-3-030-35283-7 ISBN 978-3-030-35284-4 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35284-4
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This book is dedicated to Wendy Chambers, a woman who was known (on
occasion!) to enjoy being intoxicated. I enjoyed our many intoxications, and
I miss you.
Acknowledgements
The idea for this book came about over many conversations and ponder-
ings about the notion of intoxication—what it means, what it feels like,
how is it different for different people, and does it change over time?
These are just a few of the questions I have considered on plane and train
journeys, at conferences (‘The Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium’
crowd needs a special mention here), whilst observing the effects of intox-
ication in myself and others as well as through asking people about a
variety of intoxications over several research projects. Helping these pon-
derings were a number of academics and researchers whose work I found
interesting and inspiring, so I decided to ask them to collaborate on this
book with me—I was delighted when they said ‘yes’. So many thanks to
all the authors who have contributed their chapters to this edited collec-
tion—you have all been wonderful, and (mostly!) on time. Your thoughts,
contributions and hard work have been much appreciated.
Thanks also go to Josie from Palgrave, who prompted me to start the
process of getting this book together, and to Liam and his colleagues who
took over and had the unenviable task of trying to get me to be organised
and efficient in terms of deadlines.
There are many people who contributed to this book in numerous
ways, but special thanks go to Archie and Grace, who were fantastic,
understanding when mum was ‘always working’ and amusing themselves
without getting into too much trouble. Special thanks also go to Steve—
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this book would not have been written without your sacrifices, and I
couldn’t have done this without your incredible support as well as your
continual encouragement to keep at it. My friends and colleagues at the
Institute of Criminology and beyond also need a special mention: Helen,
Jo, Sian, Paul, Karen, Desna, Lizzy, Antonia, Sarah, Jan, Lynzi, Trevor,
Sally and Jordan in particular—thank you for your words of encourage-
ment, cups of tea and chocolate. Lastly, to my parents Val and David,
thank you for your endless love and encouragement over many years of
ponderings and for not minding my own (often spectacular!) intoxications.
Contents
1 Introduction 1
Fiona Hutton
Part I ‘Drugs’ and Intoxication 15
2 Alcohol and Intoxication 17
Antonia Lyons and Kate Kersey
3 Smoking and Intoxication: From Control to the Buzz 45
Helen Keane
4 Illicit Drugs and Intoxication 67
Angus Bancroft
5 Cultures of Intoxication: ‘New’ Psychoactive Substances 87
Fiona Hutton
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6 Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks and Intoxication 111
Nicolas Droste, Amy Pennay, Amy Peacock, and Peter Miller
Part II Diverse Intoxications 137
7 Sexualities and Intoxication: “To Be Intoxicated Is to Still
Be Me, Just a Little Blurry”—Drugs, Enhancement and
Transformation in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
and Queer Cultures 139
Kiran Pienaar, Dean Murphy, Kane Race, and Toby Lea
8 Ethnicities and Intoxication 165
Sarah Herbert and Tim McCreanor
9 Femininities and Intoxication 187
Fiona Hutton
10 Masculinities and Intoxication: Notes Towards a
Co-constitutive Approach 211
David Moore
Part III Representations of Intoxication 237
11 Media and Intoxication: Media Representations of the
Intoxicated 239
Tammy Ayres and Stuart Taylor
12 Social Media and Intoxication: ‘Tweaker Nation’:
Celebrating Drug Use on Tumblr 263
Andy Ruddock
Contents xi
Part IV Responses to Intoxication 283
13 Societal Responses to Intoxication 285
Robin Room
14 Intoxication and Harm Reduction 311
Adrian Barton
Index 335