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Europeans consitiute 12 and a half per cent of the world's
population but consume 50 per cent of the recorded world production
alcohol, and this consumption plays a significant role in the
cultural, religious, and social identites of these countrise. The
contributors show how different groups define the proper use of
alcohol, how State policies may effect drinking behaviour, and
highlight how beverages and comestibles must be seen in relation to
each other. From this is it shown how importamt socio-cultural
distinctions are made between and within communities, gender
relations, ethnic groups, and socio-economic groups, and within
religious ideologies; what one drinks, how one drinks, with whom,
and where, all influence not how alcoholic substances are regarded
but how social relations are experienced. Alcohol Gender and
Culture clearly demonstrates how the social construction of
drinking may provide an analytical tool with which to approach
different socio-cultural groups and illustrates how any cultural
group can be compared to another by its attutudes to alcohol. It
will be invaluable reading for students and lecturers af
anthropology, cultural history and gender studies.
Europeans constitute twelve and a half percent of the world's
population but consume fifty percent of the recorded world
production of alchohol. The role of alcohol-- sometimes social,
sometimes ceremonial--plays a significant role in the cultural,
religious and social identities of these countries. The majority of
studies on alcohol have ignored the importance of cultural
variation.
In "Alcohol, Gender and Culture," the contributors show how
different groups define the proper use of alcohol, how state
policies may affect drinking behavior, highlighting how beverages
and combustibles must be seen in relation to each other. From this
it is shown how important socio-cultural distinctions are made
between and within ethnic groups, socio-economic groups, genders
and religious ideologies. What one drinks, how one drinks, with
whom, and where all influence not only how alcoholic substances are
perceived, but how social relations are experienced as well.
"Alcohol, Gender and Culture" presents material from Greece,
Spain, France, Hungary, Sweden and Ireland to show how the social
construction of drinking may provide an analytical tool with which
to approach different socio-cultural groups. The contributors
demonstrate how any cultural group can be compared to another
through its attitudes to alcohol. "Alcohol, Gender and Culture" is
an invaluable reading for students and scholars of anthropology,
cultural history and gender studies.
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