Pharmaceuticalisation in the city

Darrin Hodgetts; Amanda Young-Hauser; Kerry Chamberlain; Jonathan Gabe; Kevin Dew; Pauline Norris

doi:10.1177/0042098016674870

Pharmaceuticalisation in the city

Darrin Hodgetts, Amanda Young-Hauser, Kerry Chamberlain, Jonathan Gabe, Kevin Dew, Pauline Norris

Department of Law and Criminology

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Abstract

Cityscapes are littered with medicinal products. This raises issues of pharmaceuticalisation, involving the construction of a range of human conditions as targets for pharmaceutical interventions. Employing the metaphoric figure of the flâneur, we traverse the New Zealand cityscape, interrogating the mediation and emplacement of various medicinal products within thoroughfares, commercial sites, and domestic dwellings. We demonstrate the pharmaceuticalised commodification of the city and interpolation of urban dwellers as medicated consumer-citizens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3542-3559
Number of pages	18
Journal	Urban Studies
Volume	54
Issue number	15
Early online date	19 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016674870
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2017

Keywords

Pharmaceuticalisation
flaneur
Mediation
advertising
City

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Medications in everyday life: Understandings and social practices
Chamberlain, K. (PI) & Gabe, J. (CoI)
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