Alcohol Social Drinking in Cultural Context

Name: Alcohol Social Drinking in Cultural Context
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ISBN: 9780415892506

ISBN-10: 0415892503

ISBN-13: 9780415892506

Edition: 2013

Authors: Janet Chrzan

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The purpose of this book is to provide a critical examination of human use of alcohol across cultures and through time, thereby providing a framework for undergraduate students to self-consciously examine their beliefs about and use of alcohol. Almost all books written about alcohol for college students have a "problems" perspective, either clinically (alcohol as a drug) or societally (as deviance, or a social problem). Many students have problems responding to these approaches. Understanding human use of alcohol anthropologically is a refreshingly different and effective method of harm reduction, which can be used by instructors to teach students how to reduce potential damage to…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.96" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Series Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Why is Drinking Interesting?



Alcohol in the Ancient World



Barbarians and Beerpots: European Drinking from the Celts to Victoria



A Short History of American Drinking



It's Happy Hour! Modem American Drinking



Alcohol Advertising



Why Do Students Drink?



Conclusion: Why Do People Drink?


Bibliography


Index