Drinking : anthropological approaches /: anthropological approaches. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Igor and Valerie de Garine.
• Editors: Garine, I. de; Garine, Valerie de
• Contents: For a pluridisciplinary approach to drinking -- Thirst and drinking as a biocultural process -- Water and drinking in an ecological context among Australian Aboriginal people practising traditional subsistence methods -- Nor any drop to drink : everyday drinking habits in pacific and New Zealand societies -- Drinking in Northern Cameroon among the Masa and Muzey -- Milk consumption in African pastoral peoples -- The drinking ritual among the Maasai -- Changing perceptions on milk as a drink in Western Europe : the case of the Netherlands -- Milk in the mountains -- Wine and health : the protective role of moderate consumption -- Drinking : an almost silent language -- Gender and drink in Aragon, Spain. Tapeo : an identity model of public drink and food consumption in Spain -- Cantinas and drinkers in Mexico -- Tamadoba : drinking social cohesion at the Georgian table -- An ethnographic account of the many roles of millet beer in the culture of the Duupa agriculturalists, (Poli mountains) Northern Cameroon -- Socio-economic and cultural implications of alcoholic beverages among the Abagusii of Western Kenya -- Alcohol, slavery, and African cultural continuity in the British Caribbean -- Drinking in La Réunion : between living, dying and forgetting -- When is an alcohol-containing substance something else? Southeast Asian definitions.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (iv, 248 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 394.1/3; Drinking behavior; Drinking Behavior; Ethnology; Ceremonial Behavior; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Hábitos alimentarios; Boissons -- Fonctions alimentaires; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions; Drinking behavior; Drinkgewoonten; Sozialanthropologie; Trinkverhalten; Congresses; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785331657; 1785331655
• Related ISBNs: 157181809X; 9781571818096; 1571813152; 9781571813152
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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