The king of drinks : schnapps gin from modernity to tradition / by Dmitri van den Bersselaar.

Using a focus on the trajectory of commoditisation of gin in West Africa, this book investigates how imported goods acquire specific local meanings. It shows that local consumers, not foreign advertisers, produced the importance of schnapps gin for Africa.

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Main Author: Bersselaar, Dmitri van den
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:African social studies series ; v. 18.
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