The semiotics of drink and drinking

The semiotics of drink and drinking / Paul Manning.

Drink, as an embodied semiotic and material form, mediates social life. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions. It looks at the way the materiality of a specific drink (coffee, wine, water, beer) serves as the semiotic me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manning, Paul, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2012.
Series:Continuum advances in semiotics.
Subjects:
Semiotics.
Drinking customs.
Anthropological linguistics.
anthropological linguistics.
Semiotics > semiology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Anthropological linguistics
Drinking customs
Semiotics
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Halftitle; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Coffee; 3 Gin; 4 Water; 5 Colas and uncolas; 6 Wine; 7 Vodka; 8 Beer; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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