TY - JOUR
T1 - 'We got incredibly drunk... it was damned fun'
T2 - Drinking stories among Danish youth
AU - Tutenges, Sébastien
AU - Rod, Morten Hulvej
PY - 2009/8/1
Y1 - 2009/8/1
N2 - Drinking stories are immensely popular among contemporary Danish youth. The stories are shared with much enthusiasm in school, at parties, over the telephone and via the Internet. But why are the young so compelled by these seemingly vulgar stories? Applying the theories of, most importantly, Bakhtin (1968), Ricoeur (1991), and Jackson (2002), this paper examines a sample of drinking stories that were collected through two anthropological research projects on Danish youth. The stories were recorded through participant observation and qualitative interviews. Our analysis proposes that Danish youth employ drinking stories in order to (1) constitute narrative identity, (2) entertain, (3) cope with tragic events, and (4) explore taboos.
AB - Drinking stories are immensely popular among contemporary Danish youth. The stories are shared with much enthusiasm in school, at parties, over the telephone and via the Internet. But why are the young so compelled by these seemingly vulgar stories? Applying the theories of, most importantly, Bakhtin (1968), Ricoeur (1991), and Jackson (2002), this paper examines a sample of drinking stories that were collected through two anthropological research projects on Danish youth. The stories were recorded through participant observation and qualitative interviews. Our analysis proposes that Danish youth employ drinking stories in order to (1) constitute narrative identity, (2) entertain, (3) cope with tragic events, and (4) explore taboos.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Health
KW - Risk
KW - Young adulthood
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449652212&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13676260902866496
DO - 10.1080/13676260902866496
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449652212
SN - 1367-6261
VL - 12
SP - 355
EP - 370
JO - Journal of Youth Studies
JF - Journal of Youth Studies
IS - 4
ER -