LEADER 03627nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910973891603321 005 20260129032708.0 010 $a1-281-93618-9 010 $a9786611936181 010 $a90-474-3059-X 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004160910.i-270 035 $a(CKB)1000000000555525 035 $a(EBL)468471 035 $a(OCoLC)646788893 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187613 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187613 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10142532 035 $a(PQKB)11156642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC468471 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047430599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL468471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10270698 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL193618 035 $a(PPN)170755258 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000555525 100 $a20070810d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe king of drinks $eschnapps gin from modernity to tradition /$fby Dmitri van den Bersselaar 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) $cillustrations, map 225 1 $aAfrican social studies series,$x1568-1203 ;$vv. 18 311 0 $a90-04-16091-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index. 327 $tPreliminary material /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter One. Introduction: Foreign imports, local meanings /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Two. The rise of Gin /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Three. Becoming the king of drinks /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Four. ?Bird Gin? ANd ?Money Gin?: Brands and marketing /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Five. Poison or medicine? Changing perceptions of dutch gin /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Six. ?Your very good health!? Gin for an independent west Africa /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tChapter Seven. Schnapps gin from modernity to tradition /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tBibliography /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar --$tIndex /$rD. Van Den Bersselaar. 330 $aImported schnapps gin has a remarkable history in West Africa. Gin was imported in great quantities between 1880 and World War I, when its consumption showed access to the modern, international world. Subsequently schnapps was transformed into a good that signified traditional, local culture. Today, imported schnapps has high status because of its importance for African ritual and as symbol of the status of chiefs and elders, but actual consumption is limited. This book explores this unexpected trajectory of commoditisation to investigate how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. This analysis of consumption and marketing of gin contributes to our understanding of patterns of consumption, rejection and appropriation within processes of identity formation, elite formation, and the redefinition of community in colonial and postcolonial West Africa. 410 0$aAfrican social studies series ;$vv. 18. 606 $aGin$xSocial aspects$zAfrica, West 606 $aGin$zAfrica, West$xHistory 606 $aGin$zNetherlands$xHistory 607 $aAfrica, West$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aGin$xSocial aspects 615 0$aGin$xHistory. 615 0$aGin$xHistory. 676 $a394.1/2 700 $aBersselaar$b Dmitri van den$01891191 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973891603321 996 $aThe king of drinks$94533994 997 $aUNINA