Women and alcohol : social perspectives /

Show other versions (1)

This work presents a comprehensive look at the social meaning of women's alcohol use, building a rich social and environmental context through which the contributors can challenge current policy and practice in the field. Raising concerns about the political role of alcohol abuse treatment in p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Staddon, Patsy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Women > Alcohol use > Great Britain.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Health aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Physiological aspects.
Alcohol > Physiological effect.
Femmes > Consommation d'alcool > Grande-Bretagne.
Consommation d'alcool > Aspect physiologique.
Alcool > Effets physiologiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > Alcohol.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Alcohol > Physiological effect
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Health aspects
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Physiological aspects
Women > Alcohol use
Women > Health and hygiene
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and boxes
  • Foreword
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • The social construction of women's alcohol use
  • The context for a social model of alcohol use
  • Alcohol and moral regulation in historical context
  • Normalisation of hedonism? Challenging convergence culture through ethnographic studies of alcohol consumption by young adults
  • a feminist exploration
  • Alcohol, young women's culture and gender hierarchies
  • Domestic abuse and women's use of alcohol
  • Different women, different perspectives
  • Older women and alcohol
  • The silences in our dance: Black Caribbean women and alcohol (mis)use
  • A drink in my hand: why 'putting down the glass' may be too simple a solution for lesbian women
  • Been there, seen that, done it! An auto-ethnographic narrative account of alcohol use
  • A social approach to women's alcohol treatment
  • The right 'space' for women: examining effective treatment in primary care for women's dependent and problematic alcohol consumption
  • Responding to women's alcohol problems through adult community learning provision
  • What alcohol support women say they need: evidence from service user-led research and practice
  • The social model in alcohol treatment services: the impact for women
  • Conclusion
  • Subject index
  • Author index

Similar Items