Drinking: Anthropological Approaches

by I. De Garine

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571813152
• ISBN13: 9781571813152
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"