Liquid Bread : : Beer and Brewing in Cross-Cultural Perspective / / ed. by Wulf Schiefenhövel, Helen Macbeth.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aquino, Dante M.,; Beek, Walter van,; Belliard, François,; Brüne, Martin,; Cantarero, Luis,; Collinson, Paul,; Dammann, Gerhard,; Einwag, Berthold,; Garine, Igor de,; González Turmo, Isabel,; Gracia Arnaiz, Mabel,; Janowski, Monica,; Kaiser, Peter,; Kutalek, Ruth,; Macbeth, Helen,; McGrew, W. C.,; Medicus, Gerhard,; Medina, F. Xavier,; Meussdoerffer, Franz,; Otto, Adelheid,; Parízková, Jana,; Persoon, Gerard A.,; Pollock, Nancy J.,; Schiefenhövel, Wulf,; Stacconi, Monica,; Stika, Hans-Peter,; Thomas, Keith,; Vlkova, Martina,; Zarnkow, Martin,
• HerausgeberIn: Macbeth, Helen,; Schiefenhövel, Wulf,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Anthropology of Food Nutrition ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

“This important volume sheds new light on the social, political, and economic role of beer in society. Highly Recommended.”—Choice A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of The Year 2011 Winner of the 2011 Gourmand World Cookbook UK Award Beer is an ancient alcoholic drink which, although produced throu...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Introduction: Assembling Perspectives on Beer
• 1. Natural Ingestion of Ethanol by Animals: Why?
• 2. Healthy or Detrimental? Physiological, Psychiatric and Evolutionary Aspects of Drinking Beer
• 3. Beer: How it’s Made – The Basics of Brewing
• 4. Interdisciplinary Investigations into the Brewing Technology of the Ancient Near East and the Potential of the Cold Mashing Process
• 5. Beer in Prehistoric Europe
• 6. Beer and Beer Culture in Germany
• 7. Europe North and South, Beer and Wine: Some Reflections about Beer and Mediterranean Food
• 8. Living in the Streets: Beer Acceptance in Andalusia during the Twentieth Century
• 9. The Thirst for Tradition: Beer Production and Consumption in the United Kingdom
• 10. Beer in the Czech Republic
• 11. Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking in German and American Fraternities: Anthropological and Social Psychological Aspects
• 12. Rugby, Racing and Beer in New Zealand: Colonising a Consumer Culture
• 13. Beer, Ritual and Conviviality in Northern Cameroon
• 14. The Gender of Beer: Beer Symbolism among the Kapsiki/Higi and the Dogon
• 15. Ritual Use of Beer in South-West Tanzania
• 16. Brewing Sorghum Beer in Burkina Faso: A Study in Food Technology from the Perspective of Anthropological Linguistics
• 17. Rice Beer and Social Cohesion in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak
• 18. Tradition and Change: Beer Consumption in Northeast Luzon, Philippines
• 19. Culture, Market and Beer Consumption
• 20. Beer and European Media: Global vs. Local
• Glossary
• Index