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PublisherMonash University Publishing

ISBN-10098065128X

ISBN-139780980651287

eBay Product ID (ePID)15038748799

Product Key Features

Number of Pages252 Pages

Publication NameSmashed! : the Many Meanings of Intoxication and Drunkenness

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectBeverages / Alcoholic / General, Criminal Law / General, Psychopathology / Addiction, Disease & Health Issues, Customs & Traditions

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Cooking, Social Science, Psychology

AuthorLyn Harrison, Peter Kelly, Christopher Hickey, Jenny Advocat

SeriesMonash Studies in Australian Society Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2010-670930

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsSmashed! cuts through some of the ways intoxication and drunkenness have been thought about in policy and academic settings. It disrupts the certainty of science ... alerting readers to the fluidity of these terms and the changing possibilities for new cultures, and new ways of problematising human behaviour. -- Dr Melissa Bull, Griffith University

Dewey Decimal362.292

SynopsisEveryone knows what intoxication and drunkenness are, what they look like, how to define and measure them and what their consequences are. At least we might assume so given the ways these words are used by the media, by politicians and policy makers, etc in Australia and around the world., Everyone knows what intoxication and drunkenness are, what they look like, how to define and measure them and what their consequences are. At least we might assume so given the ways these words are used by the media, by politicians and policy makers and by various medical, educational and legal experts in Australia and around the world. A whole variety of concerns about young people, individual and public health, road safety, sexual assault and violence are connected to these takenforgranted understandings of intoxication and drunkenness. Drawing on an extensive review of research from biomedicine, psychology, sociology and legal studies, and from news media reporting, the authors reveal a far more complex picture. This is a picture marked by little agreement on how to define intoxication and drunkenness, how to measure intoxication, what getting drunk means to those who drink (including young people, men and women and people from different cultural and national backgrounds), and where responsibility lies for many of the individual, social, medical and legal consequences of intoxication and drunkenness. Smashed! presents an overview of the history of these concerns and an extensive account of the many meanings of intoxication and drunkenness at the start of the 21st century. It provides a valuable resource for researchers, policy makers, the media and members of the community who are involved in these ongoing, often emotive, debates., Everyone knows what intoxication and drunkenness are, what they look like, how to define and measure them and what their consequences are. At least we might assume so given the ways these words are used by the media, by politicians and policy makers and by various medical, educational and legal experts in Australia and around the world. A whole variety of concerns about young people, individual and public health, road safety, sexual assault and violence are connected to these taken-for-granted understandings of intoxication and drunkenness. Drawing on an extensive review of research from biomedicine, psychology, sociology and legal studies, and from news media reporting, the authors reveal a far more complex picture. This is a picture marked by little agreement on how to define intoxication and drunkenness, how to measure intoxication, what getting drunk means to those who drink (including young people, men and women and people from different cultural and national backgrounds), and where responsibility lies for many of the individual, social, medical and legal consequences of intoxication and drunkenness. Smashed! presents an overview of the history of these concerns and an extensive account of the many meanings of intoxication and drunkenness at the start of the 21st century.It provides a valuable resource for researchers, policy makers, the media and members of the community who are involved in these ongoing, often emotive, debates.

LC Classification NumberHV5020.S627 2015