Drunk Japan: Law and Alcohol in Japanese Society

by Mark D West and Mark D. West

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways.

As Mark D. West shows in Drunk Japan, the distinctive features of Japanese drinking culture and its intoxication-related laws are not simply interesting in and of themselves, but offer a unique window into Japanese society more broadly. Drawing upon close readings of over 5,000 published...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190070846
• ISBN13: 9780190070847
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"