Xhosa beer drinking rituals : power, practice and performance in the South African rural periphery / Patrick A. McAllister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAllister, P. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Xhosa (African people)--Alcohol use.

Xhosa (African people).

Xhosa (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Beer--Social aspects--South Africa.

Beer.

Drinking customs--South Africa.

Drinking customs.

Beer--Social aspects.

South Africa--Social life and customs.

South Africa.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xxii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2006]

Contents:

Introduction

Beer, colonialism and social change in southern Africa

Power, practice, and performance

a theoretical orientation

Characteristics of the rural field

Ritual beer drinking, other drinks and other rituals

Going to war : rituals of labour migration

Snakes, blood, money and migration

Brewing, beer talk, preparations and preliminaries

Space and the social order

Beer distribution and consumption

Modification and improvisation

Speech, practice and performance

Beer drink oratory and social reproduction

Power and gender

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index.

ISBN:

0890890218

OCLC:

60321773