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Record Nr.

UNINA9910676671803321

Autore

Ernst Waltraud

Titolo

Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society : Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2022

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781526159397

1526159392

9781526159410

1526159414

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 pages)

Collana

Social Histories of Medicine ; ; v.51

Altri autori (Persone)

MüllerThomas

Disciplina

362.29209

Soggetti

Alcohol - Social aspects - History

Alcohol - Therapeutic use - History

Alcohol - Psychological aspects - History

Alcoholism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Corrupting the body and mind -- 2 Alcoholism, degeneration, madness and psychiatry in Spain, 1870-1920 -- 3 From nutrition to powerful agent of degeneration -- 4 'White man's kava' in Fiji -- 5 'In the hot and trying climate of Nigeria the European has a much stronger temptation to indulge in alcohol than the native' -- 6 Alcohol, abstinence and rationalisation in Germany, c. 1870s-1910s -- 7 'Disciples of Asclepius' or 'advocates of Hermes'? Psychiatrists and alcohol in early twentieth-century Greece -- 8 The fear of the immoderate Muslim -- 9 Alcoholism, family and society in post-World War II Japan -- 10 'May it last, such peace and life' -- 11 A cradle of psychotherapy -- 12 'A society that is sinking ever deeper into a state of chronic alcohol poisoning' -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon, emphasising medical attitudes to alcohol and the changing perception of consumption in psychiatry and mental health.