Pharmaceuticalisation in the city

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

Urban Studies, 2017, vol. 54, issue 15, 3542-3559

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.

Keywords: city; consumer-citizen; flâneur; mediation; pharmaceuticalisation; 城市; 消费公民; æ¸¸è ¡è€…; 介入; è ¯å“ åŒ– (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098016674870

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