When alcohol acts: An actor-network approach to teenagers, alcohol and parties

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-46

  Demant, Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Alcohol; Focus groups; Gender; Sexuality; Social theory; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549152257     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08100145     Document Type: Article

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