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The semiotics of drink and drinking

Paul Manning (Author)
Provides a comparative study of how drinks and drinking, as embodied semiotic and material forms, mediate modern social life. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions.
Print Book, English, 2012
Bloomsbury, London, 2012
1 v. (245 p.) ; 24 cm
9781441137746, 9781441160188, 1441137742, 1441160183
1091997350
1. Introduction; 2. Coffee; 3. Gin; 4. Water: Capitalist and Socialist Bottled Waters; 5. Colas and Uncolas; 6. Wine; 7. Vodka; 8. Beer; Bibliography; Index.