Pleasure Consuming Medicine: The Queer Politics of Drugs

by Kane Race

Book Overview

On a summer night in 2007, the Azure Party, part of Sydney's annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, is underway. Alongside the party outfits, drugs, lights, and DJs is a volunteer care team trained to deal with the drug-related emergencies that occasionally occur. But when police appear at the gates with drug-detecting dogs, mild panic ensues. Some patrons down all their drugs, heightening their risk of overdose. Others try their luck at the gates. After...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822345013
• ISBN13: 9780822345015
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"