Mardi Gras says 'be drug free': Accounting for resistance, pleasure and the demand for illicit drugs

Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-316

  Southgate, Erica ^a   Hopwood, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse; Gay; Illicit drugs; Pleasure; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000489618     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939900300304     Document Type: Article

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