Chemical Youth : : Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life.

• Superior document: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty Series
• Author: Hardon, Anita.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- ChemicalYouth -- Doing Chemicals -- Collaborative Inquiry -- Navigating Precarity -- Head to Toe -- Unevenness of Harm Protection Mechanisms -- What Follows -- International ChemicalYouth Research Coordinators -- References -- 2 Chemical Highs -- "At Risk Youth" -- Self-Regulation in Amsterdam -- Self-Regulation in a Drugs War -- Changing Regulatory Regimes -- Co-Creating Harm Reduction -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 3 Chemical Breath -- New Ways of Inhaling Chemicals -- The Turn to Vaping in Paris -- Inhaling Sinte in Indonesia -- Meanwhile, in the USA -- Unrecognized Harm -- Changing Regulatory Regimes -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 4 Chemical Sexualities -- Do-It-Yourself Chemical Sexualities -- Sexual Health and Well-Being -- Shaping Bodies -- Enhancing Sexual Experiences -- Enhancing Sexual Hygiene -- Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies -- Co-creating Youth-Sensitive Sexual Health Products -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 5 Chemical Whiteness -- Investing in Whiteness -- Toxic Whiteness -- Marketing Whiteness -- Doing White in Retail Jobs -- Doing White in Karaoke Bars -- Keeping Up with the Times -- Celebrating Skin Diversity -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 6 Chemical 24/7 -- Staying Awake in the Leisure Industry -- Long Working Hours in Physically Demanding Work -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 7 Chemical Supplementing -- Hight Is Might -- Metabolic Potentials -- Building Bodies -- Fitshe -- The Seduction of Supplements -- Hard Work -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 8 Chemical Creativity -- A Brief History of Microdosing -- Microdosing Narratives.

Aggregating Experiences -- Collaborative Trials -- Hubs of Concern and Collaboration -- In Conclusion -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- 9 Chemical Futures -- In Search of a Good Life -- Regimes of Invisibility -- Harm Reduction from Below -- Confronting Toxic Uncertainties -- Reducing Harm from Above -- Accounting for Emergence -- ChemicalYouth Ethnographers -- References -- Index.