‘In summer we go and drink at the lake’: young men and the geographies of alcohol and drinking in rural Estonia

Drinking in the dark: shedding light on young people’s alcohol consumption experiences

“…Consequently, the specificities of suburban indoor and outdoor drinking cultures are poorly understood (see, however, Townshend, 2013;Wilkinson, 2015). The work of Trell, Hoven, and Huigen (2014) in the context of Rural Estonia, provides a useful exception here. The authors explore the importance of familial homes, a local hamburger kiosk, and the outdoors as drinking spaces for young men.…”

“…The authors explore the importance of familial homes, a local hamburger kiosk, and the outdoors as drinking spaces for young men. Trell et al (2014) state that drinking at home may be both safer and more comfortable than partying in commercial drinking spaces, as it avoids young people travelling on relatively dangerous countryside roads. Yet the authors continue, stating that young people consider home to be a suitable space for experimenting with alcohol, or testing one's limits, and this often results in drinking to the excess.…”

Alkoholbrug, tilhør og køn blandt unge voksne i danske landområder

“…Den eksisterende danske forskningslitteratur stiller altså stort set ikke skarpt på, hvad der foregår, når unge drikker i de danske landområder, og når landområderne inddrages, laegges der kun sparsomt vaegt på geografiske betydninger og forskelle. Den internationale litteratur på området tegner dog et billede af det rurale som en kontekst, der er praeget af en højere grad af alkoholbrug blandt unge, en højere grad af foraeldreaccept og intergenerationel brug (Chan et al, 2016;Valentine et al, 2008) samt en udpraeget, men samtidig implicit, maskuliniseret drikkekultur med forskellige muligheder og implikationer for unge maend og kvinder (Campbell, 2000;Coldwell, 2010;Dunkley, 2004;Leyshon, 2008a, b;Trell et al, 2014). Disse konklusioner kendetegner også delvist den eneste danske undersøgelse af alkoholbrug blandt unge på landet, vi har kunnet identificere, som har et ruralt fokus både empirisk og analytisk: At danske unge på landet statistisk set drikker mere og har tidligere alkoholdebut end unge i byerne, og hertil, at drengene på landet drikker mere end pigerne (Stock et al, 2010).…”

Collapsing contexts: social networking technologies in young people’s nightlife

“…While considerable research has been published about teenagers' and young adults' drinking places (Holdsworth, Laverty, and Robinson 2017;Demant and Landolt 2014;Trell, van Hoven, and Huigen 2014;Landolt 2011;, less attention has been paid to the spaces and contexts beyond drinking venues in which consumption habits and attitudes towards alcohol are transmitted, maintained, and interrupted. Certainly, academics have argued that parents' and carers' attitudes and practices (Valentine, Jayne, and Gould 2012), peer-to-peer drinking stories (Tutenges and Sandberg 2013), and personal alcohol and drinking images (Lyons et al 2017;Niland et al 2014;Brown and Gregg 2012) contribute to drinking cultures.…”