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Sebastién Tutenges

Sébastien Tutenges

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Sebastién Tutenges

'We got incredibly drunk... it was damned fun' : Drinking stories among Danish youth

Author

  • Sébastien Tutenges
  • Morten Hulvej Rod

Summary, in English

Drinking stories are immensely popular among contemporary Danish youth. The stories are shared with much enthusiasm in school, at parties, over the telephone and via the Internet. But why are the young so compelled by these seemingly vulgar stories? Applying the theories of, most importantly, Bakhtin (1968), Ricoeur (1991), and Jackson (2002), this paper examines a sample of drinking stories that were collected through two anthropological research projects on Danish youth. The stories were recorded through participant observation and qualitative interviews. Our analysis proposes that Danish youth employ drinking stories in order to (1) constitute narrative identity, (2) entertain, (3) cope with tragic events, and (4) explore taboos.

Publishing year

2009-08-01

Language

English

Pages

355-370

Publication/Series

Journal of Youth Studies

Volume

12

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Sociology

Keywords

  • Alcohol
  • Health
  • Risk
  • Young adulthood

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1367-6261