Disneyization of Drug Use

Tim Turner is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Coventry University. His research interests focus on atypical patterns of drug and alcohol use in music festivals and other party zones. He is a volunteer research officer with The Loop, a ground-breaking service providing drug checking and harm reduction interventions within music festivals and city centres. Prior to his academic career, Tim was employed as a Forensic Mental Health Nurse in Camden Town, north London, working with violent mentally disordered offenders in the community, prisons, secure units, and police stations.

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Call of the Wild: Drugs, Pleasure, and EscapeChapter 3: Messy Methods, Dirty KnowledgeChapter 4: Disneyized Theming: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome Chapter 5: Disneyized Hybrid Consumption: Space, Drugs and Normalization Chapter 6: Disneyized Branding and Merchandise: Drugs and Hierarchies of CoolChapter 7: Disneyized Performative Labour: Drug Use and Dealing Amongst Ibiza’s Seasonal WorkersChapter 8: The Disneyization of Drug Use: From Ibiza to FestivalsChapter 9: Conclusion

“Starting out from an original conceptual premise and jam-packed with insightful fieldwork observations, Tim Turner’s Disneyization of Drug Use is not just a valuable new addition to the criminological literature on drugs and tourism, it also works as an alternative, high-octane expose of Ibiza’s fabled club and bar scene. If you’ve ever wondered what lies behind ‘The White Isle’s’ global reputation as the epicentre of clubbing and youthful excess, look no further.”Keith Hayward, Professor of Criminology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark