Drugs and symbolic pollution: The work of cultural logic in the Russian press

Cultural Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-395

  Meylakhs, Peter ^a  

^a Center for Independent Social Research   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cultural theory; Drug policy; Drugs; Media discourse; Purity and pollution; Risk; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450285174     PISSN: 17499755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1749975509105538     Document Type: Article

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