Historique
Chapitre
The drinker as chief or rebel: kava and alcohol in Fiji
(Le buveur leader ou le buveur rebel : kava et alcool dans les îles Fidji)
Auteur(s) :
TOREN, C.
Année
1997
Page(s) :
153-173
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
20
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
KAVA
;
CULTUREL
;
RITUEL
;
SOCIABILITE
Thésaurus géographique
FIDJI (ILES)
Note générale :
In : MCDONALD M., Gender, drink and drugs, Oxford, Berg publ., 1997, (Coll. Cross-cultural perspectives on women, Vol.10), p.153-173
Résumé :
In Fiji, the drinking of yaqona is central to na cakacaka vakavanua (lit. 'work in the manner of the land') an expression which encompasses ritual and tradition. Yaqona is a mildly intoxicating but non-alcoholic drink made from the ground roots of Piper methysticum, commonly called 'kava' in other South Pacific countries. In presenting, making, serving and drinking yaqona participants at once constitute and express social relations as ordered and hierarchical. By contrast, relations between those drinking alcohol together seem to be characterised by egalitarian disorder. This apparent antithesis ideally pits 'the Fijian way' against 'the European way' - or 'the way according to money'. But the two forms of drinking (like the two 'ways') also implicate an endemic antithesis between hierarchy and equality that has to be negotiated continuously in the daily round of Fijian lives. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Brunel Univ.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
L00192