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Drinking Cultures: Alcohol and Identity
Thomas M (Ed Wilson
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Description for Drinking Cultures: Alcohol and Identity
Paperback. Looking at alcohol consumption across cultures, this book examines what drinking means to the people who consume or refuse to consume. Drawing on fieldwork, it situates consumption within the context of wider cultural practices and reveals how class, ethnicity, and nationalism are all expressed through this very popular commodity. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Alcohol is not only big business, it has become an essential part of social relations in so many cultures that its global importance may be outdistancing its critics. Despite grim health warnings, its consumption is at an all-time high in many parts of the developed world. Perhaps because drinking has always played a key role in identity, its uses and meanings show no signs of abating. What does sake tell us about Japan or burgundy about France? How does the act of consuming or indeed abstaining from alcohol tie in with self-presentation, ethnicity, class and culture? How important is alcohol ... Read more
Alcohol is not only big business, it has become an essential part of social relations in so many cultures that its global importance may be outdistancing its critics. Despite grim health warnings, its consumption is at an all-time high in many parts of the developed world. Perhaps because drinking has always played a key role in identity, its uses and meanings show no signs of abating. What does sake tell us about Japan or burgundy about France? How does the act of consuming or indeed abstaining from alcohol tie in with self-presentation, ethnicity, class and culture? How important is alcohol ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781859738733
SKU
V9781859738733
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About Thomas M (Ed Wilson
Thomas M. Wilson is Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University.
Reviews for Drinking Cultures: Alcohol and Identity
An ethnographic pub crawl around the world. By examining drinking habits from rural Japan to gangland Los Angeles, these essays peer deep into the collective souls of societies, revealing their hopes and anxieties. Thomas Wilson has made an important contribution to the anthropology of alcohol. Jeffrey M. Pilcher, author of Que vivan los tamales! Food and the Making of Mexican ... Read more