Desire and craving : a cultural theory of alcoholism /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alasuutari, Pertti
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1992.
Series:SUNY series in new social studies on alcohol and drugs.
Subjects:
Alcoholism > Finland > History.
Alcoholism > Social aspects.
Culture.
Socialization.
Alcohol Drinking > history
Alcoholism > history
Culture
Socialization
Alcoolisme > Finlande > Histoire.
Alcoolisme > Aspect social.
Socialisation.
culture note.
culture (concept)
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > Alcoholism.
Alcoholism
Alcoholism > Social aspects
Alkoholismus
Soziokultureller Faktor
Alcoholisme.
Sociale aspecten.
Finland
Finnland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The utilitarian ethic and the cult of self-control: from temperance to alcoholism
  • Pub-going and desire
  • Blue-collar men's life stories and alcoholism
  • The A-clinic: a study of explanatory models in practice
  • A technique of desire: the A-guild
  • Alcoholism as a culture-bound syndrome
  • Notes toward a cultural theory of alcoholism
  • Theoretical appendix: social meaning, social norms, and the desiring subject.

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