In Pursuit of the Study of Pleasure: Implications for Health Research and Practice

By J. Coveney, R. Bunton. 2003

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Exploring the micro-politics of normalisation: Narratives of pleasure, self-control and desire in a sample of young Australian ‘party drug’ users (2010, background): “They reject the need for self-control, choosing instead to emphasise the value of ‘carnal pleasure’ (Coveney and Bunton 2003) – that is, unregulated, unrestrained, corporeal experience facilitated by the heavy use of illicit drugs.”
Intoxication, harm and pleasure: an analysis of the Australian National Alcohol Strategy (2009, background): “But, on the other hand, pleasure seeking activities such as sex, eating, drinking and taking drugs, are prime sites for the occurrence of unhealthy risk-taking behaviours and are thus often viewed as threats to wellbeing (Coveney and Bunton 2003 , p.”