The consumption of alcoholic drinks is an important feature of leisure in Western societies.
Pleasure in drinking can be found simply in the enjoyment of taste, but also in the way it …

Introduction The consumption of alcoholic drinks is an important feature of leisure in Western
societies. Pleasure in drinking can be found simply in the enjoyment of taste, but also in the …

Chapter 2 is about the politics of the historically central leisure world of drinking. It is
important in two further, specific respects: first, it shows the recurrent nature of the 'moral …

While the form and function of pubs is diverse and has changed over time, there remains an
at least notional consensus that the pub plays an important social function by providing a …

During much of this century, there has been growing awareness of and concern about the
many kinds of harm that can result from drinking—physiological and psychic as well as …

2 Thomas Thurnell-Read while at the forefront of our minds, are not new and, indeed, have a
long historical lineage (Nicholls, 2009; Yeomans, 2014). To these debates, social science …

Whilst many studies have been published that focus attention on alcohol the majority of this
work has been situated within a deviance and/or health related context. Although the value …

Drinking and drunkenness have become a focal point for political and media debates to
contest notions of responsibility, discipline and risk; yet, at the same time, academic studies …

While the real and perceived excesses of 'binge drinking'have received considerable
attention in policy, media and academic debates, the concept of 'sensible drinking'is poorly …

Here, then, is popular television drama offering us a picture of normalised poly-drug use as
routine, everyday life. And, of course, this is hardly an isolated example of the representation …