title: Doing gender in a toxic world. Women and freebase cocaine in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
abstract: Consumption of freebase cocaine in Argentina has been investigated among males but not females. This qualitative study focuses on the complexity of relationships between gender identity and the use of drugs, investigating freebase cocaine as an example in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In-depth interviews were conducted with female consumers in 2010. The results reveal the different ways in which female identity is constructed in the context of social vulnerability. We identify ways of doing gender and feeling like a woman in a man's world that are associated with a higher risk of violence and exclusion for being female.
authors.affiliation: 1Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, and Department of Social Anthropology, University of Granada , Granada , Spain.
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Romo-Avilés
authors.forename: Ana Clara
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Camarotti
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarragona
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Touris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine
keywords: Argentina; freebase cocaine (freebase or paco); gender; gender identity; qualitative study; violence