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Book SynopsisThis research and practice based book considers the social meaning of women's alcohol use and its treatment, raising concerns about the political role of treatment' in making women behave, or to be well'. It challenges current policy and practice in the field, and aims to develop a new approach to women's drinking.
Trade Review"A necessary exploration of the centrality of gender to the contested politics of alcohol mis(use). The diverse contributions expertly critique the stigmatisation of female drinkers across media and policy discourses and medical practice interventions." Thomas Thurnell-Read, Coventry University
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ Patsy Staddon; Part One: The social construction of women’s alcohol use; The context for a social model of alcohol use ~ Peter Beresford; Alcohol and moral regulation in historical context ~ Rachel McErlain; Normalisation of hedonism? Challenging convergence culture through ethnographic studies of alcohol consumption by young adults - a feminist exploration ~ Shane Blackman, Laura Doherty and Robert McPherson; Alcohol, young women’s culture and gender hierarchies ~ Alison Mackiewicz; Domestic abuse and women’s use of alcohol ~ Sarah Galvani, with Christine Toft; Part Two: Different women, different perspectives; Older women and alcohol ~ Marian Barnes and Lizzie Ward; The silences in our dance: Black Caribbean women and alcohol (mis)use ~ Laura Serrant; A drink in my hand: why 'putting down the glass' may be too simple a solution for lesbian women ~ Lyndsey Moon and Patsy Staddon; Been there, seen that, done It! An auto-ethnographic narrative account of alcohol use ~ Lyndsey Moon; Part Three: A social approach to women's alcohol treatment; The right 'space' for women: effective treatment in primary care for women’s dependent and problematic alcohol consumption ~ Jeff Fernandez; Responding to women’s alcohol problems through adult community learning provision ~ Lydia Lewis; What alcohol support women say they need: evidence from service user-led research and practice ~ Patsy Staddon; The social model in alcohol treatment services: the impact for women ~ Daisy Bogg, with Terry Bogg; Conclusion ~ Patsy Staddon.
