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Into the Woods: Contextualising Atypical Intoxication by Young Adults in Music Festivals and Nightlife Tourist Resorts

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The telling of stories and fairy tales is a universal feature of human society, their structure often shaped by the three-phase monomyth of separation, immersion and return.

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    Tim Turner

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Turner, T., Measham, F. (2019). Into the Woods: Contextualising Atypical Intoxication by Young Adults in Music Festivals and Nightlife Tourist Resorts. In: Conroy, D., Measham, F. (eds) Young Adult Drinking Styles. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28607-1_5

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