num_pages: 300
description: First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major functions of drinking. The three constructive functions that drinking has a real social role in everyday life; that drinking can be used to construct an ideal world; and that drinking is a significant economic activity. The case studies deal with a variety of exotic drinks
language: English
title: Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology
publisher: Cambridge University Press