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UNINA9910790996203321 |
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Dudley Robert <1961-> |
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
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Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
Alcohol - Physiological effect |
Alcoholism |
Human evolution |
Primates - Evolution |
Human physiology |
Monkeys - Physiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
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Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today's patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of |
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the relationship of humans to alcohol, the book discusses the supporting research, implications of the hypothesis, and the medical and social impacts of alcoholism. The Drunken Monkey is designed for interested readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health. |
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UNINA9910806909703321 |
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Gerhardt Cornelia |
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Appropriating live televised football through talk / / by Cornelia Gerhardt |
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Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Studies in Pragmatics, , 1750-368x ; ; Volume 13 |
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Interpersonal communication |
Sequence (Linguistics) |
Television broadcasting of sports - Social aspects |
Television viewers |
Sports - Language |
Soccer fans |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cohesion -- 3 Interactionality -- 4 Focus on the Broadcast Game -- 5 Other Signs of Involvement by the Viewers -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix: Index of Transcripts -- Bibliography -- Subject Index. |
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Video-recordings of families and groups of friends watching the FIFA men’s football World Cup in their homes allow access to the empirical rather than the imagined or inscribed audiences of a major television event. Qualitative analyses reveal how natural audiences behave in the reception situation appropriating live televised football through talk. |
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Gerhardt shows how the mainly English television viewers use an array of linguistic and embodied resources to turn watching football into a meaningful activity in their groups. Cohesive devices and sequentiality link the fans’ talk-in-interaction to the televised text (commentary and pictures). Gaze behaviour, pointing, and even jumping up and down are used as resources for a variety of functions like the construction of an identity as football fan. |
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