Drinking

Igor de Garine, Emeritus Director of Research, CNRS, Paris, and President of the International Commission for the Anthropology of Food

“…a very valuable book…Lie any good book, this one raises as many questions as it answers. It is a solidly anthropological volume, combining biological and cultural dimension of the discipline. I recommend the book highly.”  ·  American Anthropologist

• List of IllustrationsList of Figures and MapList of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. For a Pluridisciplinary Approach to DrinkingIgor de GarineChapter 2. Thirst and Drinking as a Biocultural ProcessLuis Alberto VargasChapter 3. Water and Drinking in an Ecological Context among Australian Aboriginal People Practising TraditionalSubsistence MethodsStanley J. UlijaszekChapter 4. Nor Any Drop to Drink: Everyday Drinking Habits in Pacific and New Zealand SocietiesNancy J. PollockChapter 5. Drinking in Northern Cameroon among the Masa and Muzeylgor de GarineChapter 6. Milk Consumption in African Pastoral PeoplesMichael A. Little, Sandra J. Gray and Benjamin C. CampbellChapter 7. The Drinking Ritual among the MaasaiFouad N. lbrahimChapter 8. Changing Perceptions on Milk as a Drink in Western Europe: The Case of the NetherlandsAdel P. den HartogChapter 9. Milk in the MountainsHelen M. MacbethChapter 10. Wine and Health: The Protective Role of Moderate ConsumptionA.M.Troncoso, M.C. Garcia Parrilla and M.V. Martinez OrtegaChapter 11. Drinking: An Almost Silent LanguageIsabel González TurmoChapter 12. Gender and Drink in Aragon, SpainLuis Cantarero AbadChapter 13. Tapeo: An Identity Model of Public Drink and Food Consumption in SpainAmado MillanChapter 14. Cantinas and Drinkers in MexicoRicardo Avila PalafoxChapter 15. Tamadoba: Drinking Social Cohesion at the Georgian TableMary Ellen ChatwinChapter 16. An Ethnographic Account of the Many Roles of Millet Beer in the Culture of the Duupa Agriculturalists, (Poli Mountains) Northern CameroonEric GarineChapter 17. Socio-Economic and Cultural Implications of Alcoholic Beverages among the Abagusii of Western KenyaWilfred K. SubboChapter 18. Alcohol, Slavery, and African Cultural Continuity in the British CaribbeanFrederick H.SmithChapter 19. Drinking in La Réunion: Between Living, Dying and ForgettingAnnie HubertChapter 20. When is an Alcohol-Containing Substance Something Else? Southeast Asian DefinitionsChristine S. WilsonChapter 21. EpilogueHelen M. MacbethIndex