Drugs and Popular Culture (Paperback)

Introduction  Part 1: Context, theory and history  Introduction, Paul Manning  1. An introduction to theoretical approaches and research traditions, Paul Manning  2. Mental health and moral panic: drug discourses in history, Andrew Blake  Part 2: Considering the 'normalisation thesis' Introduction: an overview of the normalisation debate, Paul Manning  3. Definitely, maybe, not? The normalization of recreational drug use amongst young people, Michael Shiner and Tim Newburn  4. The 'normalisation' of 'sensible' recreational drug use: further evidence from the North West Longitudinal Study, Howard Parker, Judith Aldridge and L Williams  Part 3: Representing drugs in and as popular culture  Introduction, Paul Manning  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, Andy Melrose and Vanessa Harbour  Part 4: Identities, cultural practices and drugs  Introduction, Paul Manning  11. Echoes of drug culture in urban music, Oluyinka Esan  12. Drugs and identity: being a junkie mum, Sarah Goode  13. Women, drugs and popular culture: is there a need for a feminist embodiment perspective? Elizabeth Ettore  14. The drugs of labour: the contested nature of popular drug use in childbirth, Laura Hubner  Part 5: Drugs, normalisation and popular culture: implications and policy  Introduction, Paul Manning  15. Systemic 'normalisation'? - mapping and interpreting policy responses to illicit drug use, Richard Huggins