Disneyization of Drug Use offers an innovative, ground-up understanding of the atypical patterns of illegal drug use that often permeate multi-day party zones such as nightlife tourist resorts and music festivals.
Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over three summers in Ibiza, the book contextualizes the drug and alcohol-related experiences of tourists and seasonal workers operating in the island's infamously hedonistic party spaces. Through an innovative application of Alan Bryman’s (2004) seminal work, The Disneyization of Society, the book argues how the same marketing principles that generate consumption in the legal economy of Disney theme parks also drives illicit drug use in Ibiza and music festivals, where the line between legal and illegal substances rapidly blurs to the point of collapse. This highly innovative book offers rich insights into the complex interplay between drug and alcohol use, agency, pleasure, risk, consumerism, and social context.
It will be of great appeal to academics and students interested in the fields of cultural criminology, deviant leisure, drug and alcohol studies, youth culture, and ethnographic research methods.
Author(s): Tim Turner
Series: Drugs, Crime and Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 152
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Drugs and Disneyization in the Secondary World
Ibiza: Secondary World, Par Excellence
The Research Lens
The Structure of the Book
2 The Call of the Wild: Drugs, Pleasure, and Escape
Introduction
Nightlife Tourism: Going Wild in the Secondary World
Drugs and Pleasure: The Great Unmentionable
Drugs, Pleasure, and Social Context
Conclusion
3 Messy Methods, Dirty Knowledge
Introduction
The Research Approach
Conclusion
4 Disneyized Theming: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Introduction
Disneyization, Theming, and Sense of Place
Themed Ibiza: Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Drugs, Disneyization, and Spectacular Experiences
Conclusion
5 Disneyized Hybrid Consumption: Space, Drugs, and Normalization
Introduction
Drugs in Liminal Travel Spaces
Drugs, Disconnection, and Disorientation
Down the Rabbit Hole: Deep Disconnection and Flow
Conclusion
6 Disneyized Branding and Merchandize: Drugs and Hierarchies of Cool
Introduction
Buying into Lifestyle: Identity, Youth, and Drugs
Ever Decreasing Circles: Branding, Merchandize, and Hierarchies of Cool
Drinking the Right Drinks, Taking the Right Drugs
Conclusion
7 Disneyized Performative Labour: Drug Use and Dealing Amongst Ibiza's Seasonal Workers
Introduction
Disneyization and Performative Labour
Performative Labour in Ibiza
From Drug Use to Dealing
Conclusion
8 The Disneyization of Drug Use: From Ibiza to Festivals
Introduction
Understanding Drug Use from the Ground Up: The Case for Cultural Criminology
The Disneyization of Drug Use: Atypical Intoxication in Music Festivals
Drugs and Risk Distortion in Disneyized Space
Conclusion
9 Conclusion
What Next? Future Directions for Research
Final Thoughts
Index
