Dealing with the demon: drugs, history and society. Marcus Boon The road of excess: a history of writers on drugs, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2002 (339 pp). ISBN 0-674-00914-2 [Book review]
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Musgrove, Brian. 2006. "Dealing with the demon: drugs, history and society. Marcus Boon The road of excess: a history of writers on drugs, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2002 (339 pp). ISBN 0-674-00914-2 [Book review]." Australian Review of Public Affairs.
| Article Title | Dealing with the demon: drugs, history and society. Marcus Boon The road of excess: a history of writers on drugs, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2002 (339 pp). ISBN 0-674-00914-2 [Book review] |
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| ERA Journal ID | 18734 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | |
| Author | Musgrove, Brian |
| Journal Title | Australian Review of Public Affairs |
| Year | 2006 |
| Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
| ISSN | 1443-8607 |
| 1832-1526 | |
| Web Address (URL) | http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2006/04/musgrove.html |
| Abstract | This review article examines several social aspects of the perception of drugs and drug cultures. It looks briefly at drug literature, as well as the moral panics surrounding drugs as a part of the 'crisis' of modernity. |
| Keywords | drugs; drug literature; drug culture; modernity; moral panic |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470299. Cultural studies not elsewhere classified |
| 470203. Consumption and everyday life | |
| 440205. Criminological theories | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | Department of Humanities and International Studies |
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