In search of the high life. Drugs, crime, masculinities and consumption

Contemporary social theory draws our attention again to the role of consumption in the construction of the self. The project of constructing self-identity through consumption increasingly relies on global rather than parochial images and traditions, and often proceeds via mimicry. In this paper the...

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Main Author: Collison, Mike (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1996
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 1996, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 428-444
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