Disneyization of Drug Use

Understanding Atypical Intoxication in Party Zones

Tim Turner

• Editore: Routledge
• Anno: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000827415
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Sozialwissenschaften
• Categoria: Soziologie

Disneyization of Drug Use offers an innovative, ground-up understanding of the atypical patterns of illegal drug use that often permeate multi-day party zones such as nightlife tourist resorts and music festivals.

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over three summers in Ibiza, the book contextualizes the drug and alcohol-related experiences of tourists and seasonal workers operating in the island's infamously hedonistic party spaces. Through an innovative application of Alan Bryman's (2004) seminal work, The Disneyization of Society, the book argues how the same marketing principles that generate consumption in the legal economy of Disney theme parks also drives illicit drug use in Ibiza and music festivals, where the line between legal and illegal substances rapidly blurs to the point of collapse. This highly innovative book offers rich insights into the complex interplay between drug and alcohol use, agency, pleasure, risk, consumerism, and social context.

It will be of great appeal to academics and students interested in the fields of cultural criminology, deviant leisure, drug and alcohol studies, youth culture, and ethnographic research methods.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Call of the Wild: Drugs, Pleasure, and Escape
• 3 Messy Methods, Dirty Knowledge
• 4 Disneyized Theming: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
• 5 Disneyized Hybrid Consumption: Space, Drugs, and Normalization
• 6 Disneyized Branding and Merchandize: Drugs and Hierarchies of Cool
• 7 Disneyized Performative Labour: Drug Use and Dealing Amongst Ibiza’s Seasonal Workers
• 8 The Disneyization of Drug Use: From Ibiza to Festivals
• 9 Conclusion
• Index