Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries by Leon Anderson

Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries by Leon Anderson

Author:Leon Anderson [Anderson, Leon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Criminology
ISBN: 9780520292376
Google: GawwDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2017-08-22T00:49:33.497000+00:00


CROSS-CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF ALCOHOL ABUSE

All alcoholic drinks have the chemical ethanol (C2H5OH) as their base. Ethanol can be produced from a wide variety of starchy foods, including honey, sugar cane, grapes, grains, potatoes, apples, pears, and bananas. Alcoholic beverages have varied widely in their availability and potency. The remarkable variation in cultural practices surrounding the use of alcohol led anthropologist Mac Marshall to observe that “The cross-cultural study of alcohol presents a classic natural experiment: a single species (Homo sapiens), a single drug substance (ethanol), and a great diversity of behavioral outcomes” (1979, p.1).



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