04725nam 2200805 a 450 991081126260332120170816125053.01-78238-034-50-85745-216-910.1515/9780857452160(CKB)2550000000036964(EBL)717891(OCoLC)733040230(SSID)ssj0000538600(PQKBManifestationID)12193262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538600(PQKBWorkID)10559818(PQKB)10266247(MiAaPQ)EBC717891(DE-B1597)637596(DE-B1597)9780857452160(EXLCZ)99255000000003696420110225d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiquid bread beer and brewing in cross-cultural perspective /edited by Wulf Schiefenhövel and Helen MacbethNew York Berghahn Books20111 online resource (264 p.)The anthropology of food and nutrition ;v. 7Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-033-7 0-85745-215-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 GERMANYCHAPTER 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 CULTURECHAPTER 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 CONSUMPTIONCHAPTER 20 - BEER AND EUROPEAN MEDIA: GLOBAL vs. LOCALGLOSSARY; index 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 breweriesAnthropology of food and nutrition ;v. 7.Drinking customsCross-cultural studiesDrinking of alcoholic beveragesCross-cultural studiesBeerSocial aspectsBrewingSocial aspectsanthropology of food.beer culture.beer.brewing.culinary tradition.cultural heritage.food heritage.food studies.history of beer.Drinking customsDrinking of alcoholic beveragesBeerSocial aspects.BrewingSocial aspects.641.873394.12Schiefenhövel Wulf1943-1643229Macbeth Helen M1269437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811262603321Liquid bread3988347UNINA