Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Context: Religious, Historical, and Political Frameworks 25
6. 2 Without One’s Right Mind: Agency, Intoxication, and Addiction 46
7. 3 We Don’t Say No: Drinking and Identity 68
8. 4 Jolly Drinking: Events and Taverns 87
9. 5 Home Wars: Gendered Consumption Struggles 109
10. 5 Home Wars: Gendered Consumption Struggles 131
11. 7 Over the Red Line: Social Rules for Drunken Comportment 156
12. 8 Too Much Is Good for Nothing: Alcohol Dependence 176
13. 9 A Goddess of Wrath: Treatments 201
14. Conclusion 229
15. Appendix 1 Glossary 237
16. Appendix 2 Village and National Statistics on Alcohol Use 240
17. Appendix 3 Calculating Infl ation in Sri Lanka 244
18. Bibliography 247
19. Index 261