Disneyization of Drug Use

Understanding Atypical Intoxication in Party Zones
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-74372-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Drugs, Crime and Society

Disneyization of Drug Use offers an innovative, ground-up understanding of the atypical patterns of illegal drug use that often permeate multi-day party zones such as nightlife tourist resorts and music festivals.

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over three summers in Ibiza, the book contextualizes the drug and alcohol-related experiences of tourists and seasonal workers operating in the island's infamously hedonistic party spaces. Through an innovative application of Alan Bryman’s (2004) seminal work, The Disneyization of Society, the book argues how the same marketing principles that generate consumption in the legal economy of Disney theme parks also drives illicit drug use in Ibiza and music festivals, where the line between legal and illegal substances rapidly blurs to the point of collapse. This highly innovative book offers rich insights into the complex interplay between drug and alcohol use, agency, pleasure, risk, consumerism, and social context.

It will be of great appeal to academics and students interested in the fields of cultural criminology, deviant leisure, drug and alcohol studies, youth culture, and ethnographic research methods.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turner, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Call of the Wild: Drugs, Pleasure, and Escape

Chapter 3: Messy Methods, Dirty Knowledge

Chapter 4: Disneyized Theming: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome

Chapter 5: Disneyized Hybrid Consumption: Space, Drugs and Normalization

Chapter 6: Disneyized Branding and Merchandise: Drugs and Hierarchies of Cool

Chapter 7: Disneyized Performative Labour: Drug Use and Dealing Amongst Ibiza’s Seasonal Workers

Chapter 8: The Disneyization of Drug Use: From Ibiza to Festivals

Chapter 9: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Turner is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Coventry University. His research interests focus on atypical patterns of drug and alcohol use in music festivals and other party zones. He is a volunteer research officer with The Loop, a ground-breaking service providing drug checking and harm reduction interventions within music festivals and city centres. Prior to his academic career, Tim was employed as a Forensic Mental Health Nurse in Camden Town, north London, working with violent mentally disordered offenders in the community, prisons, secure units, and police stations.