Broschiertes Buch

Drinking Dilemmas

Space, culture and identity

Herausgeber: Thurnell-Read, Thomas

Beschreibung

This volume brings together a wealth of contemporary research from a diverse range of cultural contexts which explores sociological aspects of contemporary drinking and alcohol consumption practices. Drinking Dilemmas contributes a significant and much needed exploration of the contested role of alcohol and drunkenness in contemporary debates about place, identity and sociality.

Autor

Thomas Thurnell-Read is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Humanities at Coventry University. Through his research and teaching, he uses contemporary leisure and consumption practices, particularly those relating to drinking and drunkenness, to explore a range of sociological issues relating to sociality, identity and diversity. His research on British stag party tourism in Poland has been published in a range of international journals and focuses on the social construction of masculinity through transgressive drinking practices. He is the editor (with Dr Mark Casey, Newcastle University) of Men, Masculinities, Travel and Tourism (2014, Palgrave Macmillan). He is a founder member of the BSA Alcohol Study Group and has been Co-Convenor of the group since July 2012.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781138596368
• ISBN-10: 1138596361
• Artikelnr.: 52529332