Drinking: Anthropological Approaches

This book has not been indexed yet...

Notes about this book

This book does not currently have any notes.

You must Create an Account or Sign In to add a note to this book.

Reviews about this book

This book does not currently have any reviews.

  • ISBN 10 1571813152
  • ISBN 13 9781571813152
  • Published Dec 12 2001
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Berghahn Books
  • Imprint Berghahn Books

Publishers Text

Over the last two 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 includes papers from both biological and social scientists and covers a fair range of societies from rural and urban environments, and in countries ranging from Europe, Africa, and Latin America to Malaysia and the Pacific.