Ebook: Liquid bread : beer and brewing in cross-cultural perspective
Author: Schiefenhövel Wulf, Macbeth Helen M.
- Tags: Drinking customs -- Cross-cultural studies, Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Cross-cultural studies, Beer -- Social aspects, Brewing -- Social aspects, Beer, Alcohol Drinking -- ethnology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Bier, Bierherstellung, Bierverbrauch, Kulturvergleich, Trinken, Bier, Bierherstellung, Kulturvergleich, Drinking customs, Drinking of alcoholic beverages
- Series: Anthropology of food and nutrition 7.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- City: New York
- Language: English
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Beer is an ancient alcoholic drink which, although produced through a more complex process than wine, was developed by a wide range of cultures to become internationally popular. This book is the first multidisciplinary, cross-cultural collection about beer. It explores the brewing processes used in antiquity and in traditional societies; the social and symbolic roles of beer-drinking; the beliefs and activities Read more...