Contested identities: Identity constructions in a youth recreational drug culture

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 513-527

  Ravn, Signe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug use; identity; positioning theory; poststructuralism; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864951528     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549412442209     Document Type: Article

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