Drugs And Popular Culture: Drugs, Media And Identity in Contemporary Society

 Content: pt. 1. Context, theory and history. 1. An introduction to the theoretical approaches and research traditions / Paul Manning --
 2. Mental health and moral panic : drug discourses in history / Andrew Blake --
 pt. 2. Considering the "normalisation thesis". 3. Definitely, maybe not? The normalisation of recreational drug use amongst young people / Michael Shiner, Tim Newburn --
 4. The normalisation of "sensible" recreational drug use : further evidence from the North West Longitudinal Study / Howard Parker, Lisa Williams, Judith Aldridge --
 pt. 3. Representing drugs in and as popular culture. 5. Drugs and popular music in the modern age / Andrew Blake --
 6. Drugs, the family and recent American cinema / Leighton Grist --
 7. Under a cloud : morality, ambivalence and uncertainty in news discourse of cannabis law reform in Great Britain / Simon Cross --
 8. The symbolic framing of drug use in the news : ecstasy and volatile substance abuse in newspapers / Paul Manning --
 9. Drug dealers as folk heroes? Drugs and television situation comedy / Paul Carter --
 10. Junk, skunk and northern lights : representing drugs in children's literature / Andrew Melrose, Vanessa Harbour --
 pt. 4. Identities, cultural practices and drugs. 11. Echoes of drug culture in urban music / Oluyinka Esan --
 12. Drugs and identity : being a junkie mum / Sarah Dalal Goode --
 13. Women, drugs and popular culture : is there a need for a feminist embodiment perspective? / Elizabeth Ettorre --
 14. The drugs of labour : the contested nature of popular drug use in childbirth / Laura Hübner --
 pt. 5. Drugs, normalisation and popular culture : implications and policy. 15. Systemic "normalisation"? Mapping and interpreting policy responses to illicit drug use / Richard Huggins.