Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index.
Contents:
Orienting notes: Ethnographic vignettes from a fascinating atmosphere -- Introduction: There's something in the air -- Part One. The Lay of the Smokefree Land: 1. The difference between tobacco and tomatoes ; 2. Oppositionary pairings and ruinous smoke ; 3. Reimagining the smoker -- Part Two. First, Second, Third and Fourth Hand Smoke: 4. Breathing in smoke(free) , firsthand ; 5. Miasmatic exhalation: Breathing out (secondhand) ; 6. Abject thirdhand smoke ; 7. Fourthhand smoke: Going to Flavor Country -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Although tobacco is a legal substance, many governments around the world have introduced legislation to restrict smoking and access to tobacco products. Smokefree critically examines these changes, from the increasing numbers of places being designated as 'smokefree' to changes in cigarette packaging and the portrayal of smoking in popular culture. Unlike existing texts, this book neither advances a public health agenda nor condemns the erosion of individual rights. Instead, Simone Dennis takes a classical anthropological approach to present the first agenda-free, full-length study of smoking. Observing and analysing smoking practices and environments, she investigates how the social, moral, political and legal atmosphere of 'smokefree' came into being and examines the ideas about smoke, air, the senses, space, and time which underlie it. Looking at the impact on public space and individuals, she reveals broader findings about the relationship between the state, agents, and what is seen to constitute 'the public'." -- Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.