| Gender, Drugs and Street Life: An Ethnography of a British Housing Estate Contributor(s): O'Brien, Kate (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1843922061 ISBN-13: 9781843922063 Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2025Annotation: Tac provides a detailed account of the way girls and boys of white British origin access and participate in legal and illegal drugs within the context of supply at the local level. The book explores the relationship of children and young people to the local drug market from a gendered perspective and illustrates how their drug behaviors should be understood in both localized and gendered terms. It draws on a two-year ethnographic study of children and young people growing up in Northside, a small housing estate located on the edge of a large northern city in England. Northside has an established drug market dominated by the trade in cannabis resin, known locally as 'tac.' The environment which these young people inhabit is described in the first half of this book, and the author provides a critical examination of the popular image of the contemporary British housing estate by exploring the political economy of drug dealing and crime at the local level. The book reveals how the local cu |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 362.290 |
| Series: Routledge Advances in Ethnography |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gender, drugs and street life explores the way girls and boys of white British origin access and participate in legal and illegal drugs, within the context of supply at the local level. It explores the relationship of children and young people to the local drug market from a gendered perspective, and illustrates how their drug behaviours should be understood in both localised and gendered terms. The book draws on a two-year ethnographic study of children and young people growing up on 'Northside', a small housing estate located on the edge of a large Northern city in England. The book addresses the environment which these young people inhabit, and provides a critical examination of the popular image of the contemporary British housing estate by exploring the political economy of drug dealing and crime at the local level. It also undertakes a detailed exploration and discussion of the gendered nature of drug taking practices and rituals. By re-engaging with ethnographies this book provides a rich, descriptive account of young people's drug taking practices and behaviours within the context of supply. It also unveils the gendered meaning and context of drug taking and drug selling. |