The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition epub
The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition epub
The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition.cDmitri Van Den Bersselaar
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Author: Dmitri Van Den Bersselaar
Page Count: 284 pages
Published Date: 15 Oct 2007
Publisher: Brill
Publication Country: Leiden, Netherlands
Language: English
ISBN: 9789004160910
File size: 28 Mb
Download Link: The King of Drinks Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition
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Imported schnapps gin has a remarkable history in West Africa. Gin was imported in great quantities between 1880 and World War I, when its consumption showed access to the modern, international world. Subsequently schnapps was transformed into a good that signified traditional, local culture. Today, imported schnapps has high status because of its importance for African ritual and as symbol of the status of chiefs and elders, but actual consumption is limited. This book explores this unexpected trajectory of commoditisation to investigate how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. This analysis of consumption and marketing of gin contributes to our understanding of patterns of consumption, rejection and appropriation within processes of identity formation, elite formation, and the redefinition of community in colonial and postcolonial West Africa.
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The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition.cDmitri Van Den Bersselaar
Author: Dmitri Van Den Bersselaar
Page Count: 284 pages
Published Date: 15 Oct 2007
Publisher: Brill
Publication Country: Leiden, Netherlands
Language: English
ISBN: 9789004160910
File size: 28 Mb
Download Link: The King of Drinks Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition
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Imported schnapps gin has a remarkable history in West Africa. Gin was imported in great quantities between 1880 and World War I, when its consumption showed access to the modern, international world. Subsequently schnapps was transformed into a good that signified traditional, local culture. Today, imported schnapps has high status because of its importance for African ritual and as symbol of the status of chiefs and elders, but actual consumption is limited. This book explores this unexpected trajectory of commoditisation to investigate how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. This analysis of consumption and marketing of gin contributes to our understanding of patterns of consumption, rejection and appropriation within processes of identity formation, elite formation, and the redefinition of community in colonial and postcolonial West Africa.
Read online The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition Buy The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition Download The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The King of Drinks : Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition