Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Alcohol : : An Interdisciplinary Perspective / / ed. by Dwight B. Heath, Jack O. Waddell, Michael W. Everett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: ABLON, JOAN,; AHLSTRÖM-LAAKSO, SALME,; BACON, MARGARET K.,; BARRY, HERBERT,; BOYATZIS, RICHARD E.,; BUNZEL, RUTH,; CAHALAN, DON,; FENNA, D.,; FERGUSON, FRANCES N.,; GILBERT, J. A. L.,; HANNA, JOEL Μ.,; HEATH, DWIGHT B.,; KELLER, MARK,; LINT, JAN DE,; LOMNITZ, LARISSA,; MADSEN, WILLIAM,; MARSHALL, MAC,; MIX, L.,; OBAYEMI, ADE M. U.,; ORTEGA, ALFREDO VELAPATIÑO,; SARGENT, MARGARET,; SCHAEFER, JAMES M.,; SCHAEFER, O.,; TOPPER, MARTIN D.,; WESTERMEYER, JOSEPH,
• HerausgeberIn: Everett, Michael W.,; Heath, Dwight B.,; Waddell, Jack O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.) :; Num. figs.

Table of Contents

I-XVIII -- INTRODUCTION: Alcohol Studies and Anthropology -- PART ONE: Pioneering Works and Their Reassessment -- Introduction -- Chamula and Chichicastenango: A Re-examination -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Drinking: Integrated Drinking and Sex Differences in the Use of Alcoholic Beverages -- PART TWO: The Ethnographic Data Base -- Introduction -- Anthropological Perspectives on Alcohol: An Historical Review -- A Review and Appraisal of Alcohol and Kava Studies in Oceania -- European Drinking Habits: A Review of Research and Some Suggestions for Conceptual Integration of Findings -- Family Behavior and Alcoholism -- Similarities and Differences Among a Heavily Arrested Group of Navajo Indian Drinkers in a Southwestern American Town -- PART THREE: Historical Approaches -- Introduction -- Alcohol and Culture: The Historical Evolution of Drinking Patterns Among the Mapuche -- Alcohol Usage in an African Society -- Summary of an Alcoholism Study Apurímac-Ayacucho River Valley, in the Peru -- PART FOUR: Physiological and Biomedical Aspects of Alcohol Consumption -- Introduction -- Body, Mind, and Booze -- Ethanol Metabolism in Various Racial Groups -- Ethnic Groups, Human Variation, and Alcohol Use -- PART FIVE: The Current Status of Cross-Cultural Theories -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Evidence That Dependency Conflict Motivates Drunkenness -- Drinking as a Manifestation of Power Concerns -- Drunkenness and Culture Stress: A Holocultural Test -- The Epidemiology of Alcoholism with Specific Reference to Sociocultural Factors -- Theory in Alcohol Studies -- PART SIX: Methodological Considerations and Data Collection -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcoholism in the Clinical Setting: Review and Evaluation -- The Cultural Approach, Verbal Plans, and Alcohol Research -- Observations on Methodological Considerations for Cross-Cultural Alcohol Studies -- A Documentation Resource for Cross-Cultural Studies on Alcohol -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects