Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and boxes

pp v-v

Foreword

pp vi-vii

Notes on contributors

pp viii-xii

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part One - The social construction of women's alcohol use

pp 15-16

One - The context for a social model of alcohol use

pp 17-30

Two - Alcohol and moral regulation in historical context

pp 31-44

Three - Normalisation of hedonism? Challenging convergence culture through ethnographic studies of alcohol consumption by young adults – a feminist exploration

pp 45-64

Four - Alcohol, young women's culture and gender hierarchies

pp 65-84

Five - Domestic abuse and women's use of alcohol

pp 85-100

Part Two - Different women, different perspectives

pp 101-102

Six - Older women and alcohol

pp 103-118

Seven - The silences in our dance: Black Caribbean women and alcohol (mis)use

pp 119-138

Eight - A drink in my hand: why ‘putting down the glass’ may be too simple a solution for lesbian women

pp 139-158

Nine - Been there, seen that, done it! An auto-ethnographic narrative account of alcohol use

pp 159-174

Part Three - A social approach to women's alcohol treatment

pp 175-176

Ten - The right ‘space’ for women: effective treatment in primary care for women's dependent and problematic alcohol consumption

pp 177-190

Eleven - Responding to women's alcohol problems through adult community learning provision

pp 191-210

Twelve - What alcohol support women say they need: evidence from service user-led research and practice

pp 211-228

Thirteen - The social model in alcohol treatment services: the impact for women

pp 229-246

Conclusion

pp 247-250

Subject index

pp 251-255

Author index

pp 256-260