..".a very valuable book...Lie any good book, this one raises as
many questions as it answers. It is a solidly anthropological
volume, combining biological and cultural dimension of the
discipline. I recommend the book highly." . American Anthropologist
Over the last decades quite a few studies have been devoted to
drinking. Most of these were concerned with alcohol and written by
social anthropologists. This book presents multidisciplinary
aspects of the ingestion of liquids at large, addressing many of
the overt and covert meanings of drinking: from satisfying
biological needs to communicating with humans and the hereafter,
attempting to reach a differential emotional state or seeking good
health and longevity through the ingestion of appropriate
beverages. It includes papers from both biological and social
scientists and covers a fair range of societies from rural and
urban environments, and in continents and countries ranging from
Europe, Africa, and Latin America to Malaysia and the Pacific.
Igor de Garine, Emeritus Director of Research, CNRS, Paris, and
President of the International Commission for the Anthropology of
Food
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