Drinking
Igor de Garine (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Garine, I. de; Garine, Valerie De. Series: The anthropology of food & nutrition. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FMM; 1H; 1KL; 1QSPS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JHMC; WBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
The anthropology of food & nutrition
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571813152
SKU
V9781571813152
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99-15
About Igor de Garine (Ed.)
Igor de Garine, Emeritus Director of Research, CNRS, Paris, and President of the International Commission for the Anthropology of Food
Reviews for Drinking
“…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