Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness: (Dis)Orderly Spaces

While disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, politics, social policy and health studies have a tradition of exploring the centrality of alcohol, drinking and drunkenness to peoples' lives, geographers have previously addressed this topic as a peripheral concern. Over the past few years, however, this view has begun to change, accelerated by an upsurge in interest in alcohol and drinking relating to political and popular debate and changing licensing legislation.This book represents the first systematic overview of geographies of alcohol, drinking and drunkenness. It asks what role does alcohol, drinking and drunkenness play in people's lives and how space and place can make a difference. It also examines the economic, political, socio-spatial and cultural practices and processes that are related to drink and drinking.Designed as a reference text, each chapter blends conceptual material with empirical case studies to analyse drinking in public and private, urban and rural drinking patterns and practices, gender, life course, and emotional and embodied geographies.