Overview
- Presents analyses of young people’s drinking practices grounded in both Western and non-Western gender theories
- Offers a rare sociological analysis of the gendering of alcohol from a non-Western context
- Draws on rich qualitative data from interviews and focus group discussions
Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences (GSSS)
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"A valuable addition to the literature on gender and alcohol consumption, with a welcome and timely focus on the Nigerian context that complicates the assumption that youth drinking is ‘in decline’ globally. Dumbili’s nuanced, rich and comprehensive work meaningfully extends our understanding of gender and drinking in an African context, centring a particular geographical space yet at the same timepresenting arguments and insights with wider applicability to a range of global settings. The foregrounding of the theme of ‘transgression’ presents a powerful lens through which to interrogate gender and drinking and enhances contemporary theorisations of sexuality, masculinity and femininity in both Western and non-Western contexts." (Dr Emily Nicholls, Lecturer in Sociology, University of York)
"The research literature on alcohol and society in Nigeria is sparse at best. Clearly lacking are analyses that highlight the social and demographic factors associated with drinking and its consequences. Using findings from qualitative research, Dr Dumbili has provided an in-depth analysis of the drinking culture among Nigerian youth, drawing on many years of experience. The work focuses attention on critical issues like alcohol and gender, drinking motivations, and the pernicious behaviour of the alcohol industry of targeting youth. This is a significant contributionto research on alcohol in Africa with immense policy relevance, especially at this time when Nigeria and other countries are grappling with the development of national alcohol policies." (Isidore S. Obot , Professor, Executive Director, Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA), Uyo, Nigeria)
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Book Title: Reconfiguring Drinking Cultures, Gender, and Transgressive Selves
Authors: Emeka W. Dumbili
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53318-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53317-4Published: 24 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53320-4Due: 24 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53318-1Published: 23 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2947-8782
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8790
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 321
Topics: Gender Studies, African Culture, Sociology, general, Youth Culture, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging