Drink, Power, and Society in the Andes
Justin Jennings editor Brenda J Bowser editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University Press of Florida
Published:30th Dec '20
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For more than two thousand years, drinking has played a critical role in Andean societies. This collection provides a unique look at the history, ethnography, and archaeology of one of the most important traditional indigenous commodities in Andean South America--fermented plant beverages collectively known as chicha. The authors investigate how these forms of alcohol have played a huge role in maintaining gender roles, kinship bonds, ethnic identities, exchange relationships, and status hierarchies. They also consider how shifts in alcohol production, exchange, and consumption have precipitated social change.Unique among foodways studies for its extensive temporal coverage, Drink, Power, and Society in the Andes also brings together scholars from diverse theoretical, methodological, and regional perspectives.
Illustrate[s] the complex roles maize beer and other varieties of chicha have played inmaintaining social stability and precipitating social change in the Andes. . . . Greatly adds to our knowledge by using new tools of analysis to place drinking patterns within their own cultural and historical contexts." - Social History of Alcohol and Drugs
"Rooted in archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data presented by scholars with first-hand knowledge of the implications, nuances, and limits of the evidence. . . . The articles neatly intersect to form a coherent and collective examination of the drink in past and present Andean societies." - Reviews in Anthropology
"A comprehensive assessment of the current state of research and the range of views on continuity vs. change in this long-standing Andean tradition." - Journal of Anthropological Research
ISBN: 9780813068381
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 430g
304 pages