13. Beer, Ritual and Conviviality in Northern Cameroon

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Preface xi
6. List of Contributors xiii
7. Introduction: Assembling Perspectives on Beer 1
8. 1. Natural Ingestion of Ethanol by Animals: Why? 13
9. 2. Healthy or Detrimental? Physiological, Psychiatric and Evolutionary Aspects of Drinking Beer 21
10. 3. Beer: How it’s Made – The Basics of Brewing 35
11. 4. Interdisciplinary Investigations into the Brewing Technology of the Ancient Near East and the Potential of the Cold Mashing Process 47
12. 5. Beer in Prehistoric Europe 55
13. 6. Beer and Beer Culture in Germany 63
14. 7. Europe North and South, Beer and Wine: Some Reflections about Beer and Mediterranean Food 71
15. 8. Living in the Streets: Beer Acceptance in Andalusia during the Twentieth Century 81
16. 9. The Thirst for Tradition: Beer Production and Consumption in the United Kingdom 89
17. 10. Beer in the Czech Republic 101
18. 11. Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking in German and American Fraternities: Anthropological and Social Psychological Aspects 111
19. 12. Rugby, Racing and Beer in New Zealand: Colonising a Consumer Culture 125
20. 13. Beer, Ritual and Conviviality in Northern Cameroon 133
21. 14. The Gender of Beer: Beer Symbolism among the Kapsiki/Higi and the Dogon 147
22. 15. Ritual Use of Beer in South-West Tanzania 159
23. 16. Brewing Sorghum Beer in Burkina Faso: A Study in Food Technology from the Perspective of Anthropological Linguistics 171
24. 17. Rice Beer and Social Cohesion in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak 183
25. 18. Tradition and Change: Beer Consumption in Northeast Luzon, Philippines 197
26. 19. Culture, Market and Beer Consumption 209
27. 20. Beer and European Media: Global vs. Local 223
28. Glossary 233
29. Index 239