Synopses & Reviews
This book is a detailed and close examination of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs and bars and among friendship networks in London, in the mid to late 1990s. It focuses on the organizational features of drugs purchasing and selling and differentiates anonymous drugs trading in public nightclub settings, from selling among extended networks of friends and others. The stories of different people and friendship groups illustrate the varied drug selling roles and highlight the enterprise and entrepreneurship supporting their involvement.
Told from the perspective of author's own membership in this night-time leisure culture, and embracing the disciplines of urban sociology and cultural criminology, this book contributes to our knowledge of recreational drugs markets and night-time leisure cultures. It will be of interest to students and academics with interests in these fields, as well as the many other people whose lives became a part of this vibrant leisure scene.
Synopsis
Flashback is a detailed and close examination of the rave clubs' drug market as it took place in the mid to late 1990s in London's nightclubs, dance parties, pubs, bars, and among friendship networks. The book focuses on the organizational features of drugs purchasing and selling, and it differentiates anonymous drugs trading in the public nightclub settings from selling among extended networks of friends and others. The stories of different people and friendship groups illustrate the varied drug selling roles and highlight the enterprise and entrepreneurship supporting their involvement. It is argued that rave club participants were economic actors who seized both the legal and illegal money-making opportunities presented through club culture and the widespread demand for drugs from within it. The camaraderie that underpinned rave club membership, alongside the busy nature of the London urban setting, greatly assisted the expansion of drug selling activities, sometimes into thriving c
Synopsis
This book provides a detailed examination, told from the perspective of the author's own involvement, of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs, bars and among friendship networks in London in the mid to late 1990s.