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Beyond the binge in 'booze Britain': market-led liminalization and the spectacle of binge drinking

Hayward, Keith J., Hobbs, Dick (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. (doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00159.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:2158)

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Abstract

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
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00159.x
Uncontrolled keywords: binge drinking; alcohol; liminality; spectacle; night-time economy
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Maureen Cook
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 17:42 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2158 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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