Sober as Deviant: The Stigma of Sobriety and How Some College Students "Stay Dry" on a "Wet" Campus

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-103

  Herman Kinney, Nancy J ^a   Kinney, David A ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; nondrinkers; social and personal identity; stigma management techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871139482     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241612458954     Document Type: Article

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