03627nam 2200661 a 450 991097389160332120260129032708.01-281-93618-9978661193618190-474-3059-X10.1163/ej.9789004160910.i-270(CKB)1000000000555525(EBL)468471(OCoLC)646788893(SSID)ssj0000187613(PQKBManifestationID)11182508(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187613(PQKBWorkID)10142532(PQKB)11156642(MiAaPQ)EBC468471(nllekb)BRILL9789047430599(Au-PeEL)EBL468471(CaPaEBR)ebr10270698(CaONFJC)MIL193618(PPN)170755258(EXLCZ)99100000000055552520070810d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe king of drinks schnapps gin from modernity to tradition /by Dmitri van den Bersselaar1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) illustrations, mapAfrican social studies series,1568-1203 ;v. 1890-04-16091-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.Preliminary material /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter One. Introduction: Foreign imports, local meanings /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Two. The rise of Gin /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Three. Becoming the king of drinks /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Four. ‘Bird Gin’ ANd ‘Money Gin’: Brands and marketing /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Five. Poison or medicine? Changing perceptions of dutch gin /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Six. ‘Your very good health!’ Gin for an independent west Africa /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Chapter Seven. Schnapps gin from modernity to tradition /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Bibliography /D. Van Den Bersselaar --Index /D. Van Den Bersselaar.Imported schnapps gin has a remarkable history in West Africa. Gin was imported in great quantities between 1880 and World War I, when its consumption showed access to the modern, international world. Subsequently schnapps was transformed into a good that signified traditional, local culture. Today, imported schnapps has high status because of its importance for African ritual and as symbol of the status of chiefs and elders, but actual consumption is limited. This book explores this unexpected trajectory of commoditisation to investigate how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. This analysis of consumption and marketing of gin contributes to our understanding of patterns of consumption, rejection and appropriation within processes of identity formation, elite formation, and the redefinition of community in colonial and postcolonial West Africa.African social studies series ;v. 18.GinSocial aspectsAfrica, WestGinAfrica, WestHistoryGinNetherlandsHistoryAfrica, WestSocial life and customsGinSocial aspectsGinHistory.GinHistory.394.1/2Bersselaar Dmitri van den1891191MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973891603321The king of drinks4533994UNINA