Smashed!

The Many Meanings of Intoxication and Drunkenness

Peter Kelly, Jenny Advocat, Lyn Harrison , Chris Hickey

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Monash University Publishing
01 February 2011

Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Sociology; Medicine

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.

By: Peter Kelly, Jenny Advocat, Lyn Harrison, Chris Hickey
Imprint: Monash University Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780980651287
ISBN 10: 098065128X
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Kelly (Deakin Uni) Jenny Advocat (Monash) Lyn Harrison (Deakin Uni) Chris Hickey (Deakin)

Reviews for Smashed!: The Many Meanings of Intoxication and Drunkenness

Smashed! 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 Smashed! will soon become a 'must read' for all those interested in the area. -- Professor Derek Colquhoun