Liquid bread : beer and brewing in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Wulf Schiefenhovel and Helen Macbeth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schiefenhövel, Wulf, 1943-

Macbeth, Helen M.

Series:

Anthropology of food and nutrition ; v. 7.

The anthropology of food and nutrition ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drinking customs--Cross-cultural studies.

Drinking customs.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Cross-cultural studies.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Beer--Social aspects.

Beer.

Brewing--Social aspects.

Brewing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Beer is an ancient alcoholic drink which, although produced through a more complex process than wine, was developed by a wide range of cultures to become internationally popular. This book is the first multidisciplinary, cross-cultural collection about beer. It explores the brewing processes used in antiquity and in traditional societies; the social and symbolic roles of beer-drinking; the beliefs and activities associated with it; the health-promoting effects as well as the health-damaging risks; and analyses the modern role of large multinational companies, which own many of the breweries

Contents:

LIQUID BREAD; Contents; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; preface; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION - ASSEMBLING PERSPECTIVES ON BEER; CHAPTER 1 - NATURAL INGESTION OF ETHANOL BY ANIMALS: WHY?; CHAPTER 2 - HEALTHY OR DETRIMENTAL? PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF DRINKING BEER; CHAPTER 3 - BEER: HOW IT`S MADE - THE BASICS OF BREWING; CHAPTER 4 - INTERDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BREWING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE COLD MASHING PROCESS; CHAPTER 5 - BEER IN PREHISTORIC EUROPE; CHAPTER 6 - BEER AND BEER CULTURE IN GERMANY

CHAPTER 7 - EUROPE NORTH AND SOUTH, BEER AND WINE: SOME REFLECTIONS ABOUT BEER AND MEDITERRANEAN FOOD1CHAPTER 8 - LIVING IN THE STREETS: BEER ACCEPTANCE IN ANDALUSIA DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY1; CHAPTER 9 - THE THIRST FOR TRADITION: BEER PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; CHAPTER 10 - BEER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC; CHAPTER 11 - ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND BINGE DRINKING IN GERMAN AND AMERICAN FRATERNITIES: ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; CHAPTER 12 - RUGBY, RACING AND BEER IN NEW ZEALAND: COLONISING A CONSUMER CULTURE

CHAPTER 13 - BEER, RITUAL AND CONVIVIALITY IN NORTHERN CAMEROONCHAPTER 14 - THE GENDER OF BEER: BEER SYMBOLISM AMONG THE KAPSIKI/HIGI AND THE DOGON; CHAPTER 15 - RITUAL USE OF BEER IN SOUTH-WEST TANZANIA1; CHAPTER 16 - Brewing Sorghum Beer in Burkina Faso: A Study in Food Technology from the Perspective of Anthropological Linguistics; CHAPTER 17 - RICE BEER AND SOCIAL COHESION IN THE KELABIT HIGHLANDS, SARAWAK; Chapter 18 - TRADITION AND CHANGE: BEER CONSUMPTION IN NORTHEAST LUZON, PHILIPPINES; CHAPTER 19 - CULTURE, MARKET AND BEER CONSUMPTION

CHAPTER 20 - BEER AND EUROPEAN MEDIA: GLOBAL vs. LOCALGLOSSARY; index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-83695-975-3

1-78238-034-5

0-85745-216-9

OCLC:

733040230