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Pharmaceuticalisation in the city

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  • Darrin Hodgetts

    (Massey University, New Zealand)

  • Amanda Young-Hauser

    (Massey University, New Zealand)

  • Kerry Chamberlain

    (Massey University, New Zealand)

  • Jonathan Gabe

    (Royal Holloway, University London, UK)

  • Kevin Dew

    (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

  • Pauline Norris

    (University of Otago, New Zealand)

Abstract

Cityscapes comprise intense repositories for socio-economic interactions, including those surrounding 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 urbanites as citizen-consumers.

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  • Darrin Hodgetts & Amanda Young-Hauser & Kerry Chamberlain & Jonathan Gabe & Kevin Dew & Pauline Norris, 2017. "Pharmaceuticalisation in the city," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(15), pages 3542-3559, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:54:y:2017:i:15:p:3542-3559
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098016674870
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