Alcohol in Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia

260 Pages·2010·2.83 MB·English

by  Rachel Black

Alcohol in Popular Culture

Alcohol in Popular
Culture
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Rachel Black, Editor
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Timeline xxi
ListofEntries xxv
GuidetoRelatedTopics xxvii
TheEncyclopedia 1
SelectedBibliography 211
Index 219
AbouttheEditorandContributors 227

Preface
AlcoholproductionandconsumptionisacontentioustopicintheUnitedStates.
In the debates surrounding alcohol, the cultural context is often lost and over-
shadowedbyafocusonthehealthandsocialissuesassociatedwithalcoholism.
Theseareseriousissuesthatcertainlyrequirefurtherstudyanddebate.However,
in thisencyclopedia we havetried to focuson theoften-marginalized and pop-
cultureaspectsofalcoholuseandmisuse.Entriesilluminatethefavoritealcoholic
beveragesintheUnitedStates,howtheyaremade,howtheyareincorporatedin
everyday life and special events, their role in history, their impacts on society
and health, their role in the arts, and much more. This encyclopedia covers a
broadtimeperiod:primarilyfromtheColonialeratothepresentday.Achronol-
ogyhelpstoputthetopicofalcoholinhistoricalcontext.Thegeographicscopeis
largely limited to the United States, while in some instances going beyond the
boundariesofthiscountrytoconsidertheconnectionsandinfluencesfromout-
side.Thisencyclopediashouldbeseenasastartingpointforfurtherinvestigation.
Wehopethatitwillinspireandstimulatefurtherconsiderationofthetopicspre-
sentedhere.
More than 100 entries are arranged alphabetically from A to Z and largely
focusondrinksthemselves,concepts,businessaspects,entertainment,ephemera,
regulations,socialaspects,movements,organizations,andimportanteventsthat
have played a part in creating the cultures of alcohol that are now part of the
greaterAmericancultureandhistory.Sidebarsthroughouttheworkfurtherillu-
minatetheentries.
Thecontributorstothisvolumehaveawidevarietyofbackgrounds.Scholars
fromthefieldsofsociology,anthropology,history,andliteraturehavelenttheir
expertise to this work. In addition, journalists and professional writers have
helpedtogivethisencyclopediaarichervoicethatspeaksbeyondacademia.This
volume has the rigor of an academic study, but the reader-friendly tone and