Alcohol, age, generation and the life course. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Thomas Thurnell-Read, Laura Fenton.
• Editors: Thurnell-Read, Thomas, 1982-; Fenton, Laura
• Contents: Introduction: Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course.Part I: Alcohol, Generations and Social Change.- From Abiding to Accelerating to Anomic: Generational Waves of Change in Irish Drinking Culture, 1845-Present.Realities or Mythologies: England's rural pubs and the life course.Biographical and Generational Perspectives on Drinking in a Mediterranean Culture.'I Would Never Dream of Drinking on a Lunch Hour, But…': Intergenerational changes in attitude towards alcohol consumption.Part II: Alcohol, Youth and Adolescence.- Alcohol Use, Age, and (In)Appropriateness: Young adults' conceptions and performances of 'age' in contexts of alcohol use.If You Can't Beat Them, You Join Them': Peer pressure and drinking to belong among Nigerian youths.Shifting Conceptions of Moderation, Risk and Danger amongst Non-Drinking University Students in the UK: A Case Study of Hyper-Moderation.Part III: Alcohol in Adulthood.- Blackening the Bride and Stripping the Stag: The Role of alcohol, gender and age in prenuptial wedding rituals.Female Drunkenness and the Life Course in Victorian Lancashire.De-Gendering Alcohol through Food Pairing: Women's Shifting Position as Culinary Consumers in Japan.'There's nothing classy about a drunk 40-year-old': Drinking biographies and 'sobriety stories' amongst women who stop drinking in midlife and beyond.Part IV: Alcohol in Later Life.- Alcohol Use, Its Meaning and Impact in Older AgeAlcohol Consumption in Older Drinkers and Its Links to 'Successful Ageing''I Don't Drink Much Now 'cos I'm Old': The Life-course and changing drinking practices among older male adults in Nigeria.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.292; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Life cycle, Human; Health behavior -- Age factors; Social sciences -- Biographical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031040177
• Related ISBNs: 9783031040160
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