Greek whisky [[electronic resource] ] : the localization of a global commodity / / by Tryfon Bampilis
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| Autore: |
Bampilis Tryfon
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| Titolo: |
Greek whisky [[electronic resource] ] : the localization of a global commodity / / by Tryfon Bampilis
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 394.1/309495 |
| Soggetto topico: | Whiskey - Social aspects - Greece |
| Whiskey industry - Greece | |
| Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Greece | |
| National characteristics, Greek | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece Social life and customs |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-223) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; Preface; Introduction: The Social Life of Whisky; Chapter 1 - The Imported Spirits Industry in Greece; Chapter 2 - Dreams of Modernity: Imagining the Consumption of Whisky during the Golden Age of Greek Cinema; Chapter 3 - ""Keep Walking"": Whisky Marketing and the Imaginaries of Scale Making in Advertising; Chapter 4 - The Social Life of Whisky in Athens: Popular Style, Night Entertainment, and Bouzoukia with Live Greek Popular Music; Chapter 5 - The Location of Whisky in the North Aegean |
| Conclusion - Trajectories of Scotch Whisky, Realms of LocalizationReferences; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of "Greekness," national identity, modernity, and the middle class. This ethnographic study follows the social life of Scotch in Greece through three distinct trajectories in time and space in order to investigate how the meanings of the beverage are projected, negotiated, and acquired by various different networks. By examining the mediascapes of the Greek cultural industry, the Athenian nightlife and entertainment, and the North Aegean drinking habits, the study illustrates how Scotch became associated w |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Greek whisky |
| ISBN: | 0-85745-878-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779842303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Food, Nutrition, and Culture