Historique
Chapitre
Gender, ethnicity and alcohol in the former Soviet Union
(Genre, ethnicité et alcool dans l'ex-Union Soviétique)
Auteur(s) :
DRAGADZE T.
Année
1997
Page(s) :
145-152
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
2
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Note générale :
In : MCDONALD M., Gender, drink and drugs, Oxford, Berg publ., 1997, (Coll. Cross-cultural perspectives on women, Vol.10), 145-152
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In the Soviet period, ethnic assertiveness through local evaluations of the use of alcohol was instrumental for Georgians in maintaining a defiant self-identity. The use of alcohol was integrated into self-images at once ethnic and gendered. Positive evaluations depended on the orderly regulation of drinking according to ethnic custom in which the presence of both sexes and all age-groups of the community was emphasized. This ordered social drinking was contrasted with the all-male outcasts in the street who were 'alcoholics', and deemed to be no longer properly men or Georgian. (Extract of the publication)
In the Soviet period, ethnic assertiveness through local evaluations of the use of alcohol was instrumental for Georgians in maintaining a defiant self-identity. The use of alcohol was integrated into self-images at once ethnic and gendered. Positive evaluations depended on the orderly regulation of drinking according to ethnic custom in which the presence of both sexes and all age-groups of the community was emphasized. This ordered social drinking was contrasted with the all-male outcasts in the street who were 'alcoholics', and deemed to be no longer properly men or Georgian. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Univ. of London
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
L00192