The main purpose of this book is to describe the variety of drinking occasions that exist around the world, primarily in modern, industrialized countries. As such, it celebrates the diversity of normal drinking behavior and illustrates a wide range of beneficial drinking patterns. Attention is also paid to the relations between drink and culture that prevail in non-Western societies and in developing countries. The aims of the book are twofold: to deal directly with the challenge of how to define responsible drinking in the face of the world's many different drinking styles, and to portray the many ways in which people have thought about or used alcohol as an integral part of their culture
Acknowledgments xi Foreword xiii Marcus Grant Introduction 1(8) To Every Thing There is a Season: When Do People Drink? 9(34) Spanish Drinking Around the Clock 11(1) The Calendrical Round 12(10) During a Day 13(4) During a Week 17(2) During a Month 19(1) During a Year 19(3) Individual and Domestic Life Cycles 22(6) Other Drinking Occasions 28(3) The Historical Panorama 31(6) Prohibition and Restrictions 37(3) Why Does it Matter? 40(3) Everything in Its Place: Where Do People Drink? 43(22) Truks Weekend Warriors 44(2) Living Space 46(2) In the Community 48(11) The Greater World 59(3) Why Does it Matter? 62(3) Cast of Characters: Who Drinks, and Who Doesnt? 65(40) Navajo Indian Drinking 67(2) Limitations of the Data 69(3) Gender and Age 72(10) Gender 72(4) Age 76(6) Education, Occupation, Caste, and Class 82(6) Ethnicity, Religion, and Other Categories 88(5) Ethnicity 88(1) Religion 89(2) Other Social Categories 91(2) Abstainers 93(8) Why Does it Matter? 101(4) Theres More than One Way: How Do People Drink? 105(30) France, Then and Now 107(4) Etiquette and Paraphernalia 111(9) Etiquette 111(5) Paraphernalia 116(4) Rhythm and Excess 120(9) Rhythm 120(3) Excess 123(6) Linked Activities 129(3) Tasting 129(1) Games and Contests 130(1) Other Activities 131(1) Why Does it Matter? 132(3) A Rose by Any Other Name: What Do People Drink? 135(24) Beer and the Kofyar 136(2) Types of Drinks 138(2) Fermented Drinks 140(6) Beer 140(4) Wine 144(2) Distilled Drinks 146(5) Fortified, Mixed, and Other Drinks 151(3) Types in Relation to Types 154(3) Why Does it Matter? 157(2) The Heart Has its Reasons: Why Do People Drink? 159(32) Changing Camba Drinking Patterns 161(4) A Sensitive Issue 165(2) Reasons People Give 167(14) Taste 168(1) Celebration 168(1) Relaxation 169(1) Mood Alteration 169(3) Hospitality 172(1) Sociability 172(2) Food and Food Enhancement 174(1) Pastime 175(1) Religion 176(1) Medicine 177(2) Other Reasons 179(2) Reasons We Infer 181(8) Health 182(1) Psychological 182(3) Political 185(1) Social 186(1) Economic 187(1) Religious 188(1) Other Reasons 188(1) Why Does it Matter? 189(2) Conclusions and Implications 191(8) When Do People Drink? 192(1) Where Do People Drink? 193(1) Who Drinks? 194(1) How Do People Drink? 194(1) What Do People Drink? 194(1) Why Do People Drink? 195(1) Where Do We Go from Here? 196(3) References 199(18) Index 217
Heath, Dwight B.
