Wine drinking culture in France
Subtitle: a national myth or a modern passion?
By: Marion Demossier
Series: French and francophone studies; French and francophone studies
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780708322857; 9780708323212; 9780708322086
Subjects: Regional Studies; French National characteristics; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Social aspects; Drinking customs; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Wine and wine making; History; Customs & Traditions
Description: Wine drinking culture in France has traditionally been a source of pride for the French and in an age of concerns about the dangers of 'binge-drinking', a major cause of jealousy for the British. Wine drinking and the culture associated with it are, for many, an essential part of what it means to be French, but they are also part of a national construction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Map of french vineyards; Introduction: wine drinking culture: a Myth or a reality indecline?; Drink, consumption and identity; Changes to a national wine drinking culture; A new wine drinking culture?; Contemporary discourses and representations; Ethnographies and contexts; Passion for wine and Life-stories; Between self-reflexivity, 'distinction' andsocial connectedness; Globalization, nation and the region:the new wine drinking culture; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.