Hayward, Keith and Hobbs, Richard (2007) Beyond the binge in 'booze Britain': market-led liminalization and the spectacle of binge drinking. British Journal of Sociology, 58 (3). pp. 437-456. ISSN 0007-1315
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The contemporary night-time economy has transformed British town centres into liminal spaces where transgression does not subvert normative space, but establishes public drunkenness as integral to a negotiated order. The focus of this paper is the wider dialectic surrounding contemporary 'binge drinking', and in particular the relationship between aesthetic processes aimed at encouraging alcohol-related excitement and excess, and those that seek to exert a measure of rational control over the drink 'problem'. It is the logic of the market that informs governmental policy on alcohol, and the binge drinker is central to the spectacle of the night-time economy as a form of self gratification which also embodies forms of repression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0007-1315 |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2009 14:53 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2024 01:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/22588 |
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