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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822616003321

Autore

Demossier Marion

Titolo

Wine drinking culture in France : a national myth or a modern passion? / / Marion Demossier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2010

ISBN

1-299-20062-1

0-7083-2285-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

French and francophone studies

Disciplina

394.130944

Soggetti

Wine and wine making - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Map of french vineyards; Introduction: wine drinking culture: a Myth or a reality indecline?; Drink, consumption and identity; Changes to a national wine drinking culture; A new wine drinking culture?; Contemporary discourses and representations; Ethnographies and contexts; Passion for wine and Life-stories; Between self-reflexivity, 'distinction' andsocial connectedness; Globalization, nation and the region:the new wine drinking culture; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Wine drinking culture in France has traditionally been a source of pride for the French and in an age of concerns about the dangers of 'binge-drinking', a major cause of jealousy for the British. Wine drinking and the culture associated with it are, for many, an essential part of what it means to be French, but they are also part of a national construction.