Effects of transnational migration on drug use: An ethnographic study of Nepali female heroin users in Hong Kong

Highlights • An 18-month ethnography has been carried out in a Nepali community in Hong Kong to study the female Nepali heroin users. • They are active power negotiators in the drug scene, yet their agency is also constrained by culture and history. • Their active/passive role is largely dependent o...

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Published in:The International journal of drug policy 2015-01, Vol.26 (1), p.8-14
Main Author: Tang, Wai-Man
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
Anthropology
Consumption
Data Collection
Drug Abuse
Drug policy
Drug use
Drugs
Ethnography
Female
Females
Femininity
Gender
Gender studies
Grounded Theory
Heroin
Heroin Dependence - epidemiology
Heroin use
Hong Kong
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Hong Kong, China
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Immigration
Internal Medicine
Legal status, laws, etc
Medical Education
Migrants
Migration
Nepal
Nepal - ethnology
Nepalis
Sex
Sex crimes
Sexual Partners
South Asia
South Asians
Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data
Transnational migration
Transnationalism
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • An 18-month ethnography has been carried out in a Nepali community in Hong Kong to study the female Nepali heroin users. • They are active power negotiators in the drug scene, yet their agency is also constrained by culture and history. • Their active/passive role is largely dependent on the opportunities and constraints embedded in transnational migration. • Findings are consistent with the concept of post-structuralism in gender and transnationalism theories. • Transnationalism is an important perspective to study the situation of female drug users in a globalized context.
ISSN:0955-3959
1873-4758
DOI:10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.06.006