Drunk the Night Before

Drunk the Night Before

Author:
Marty Roth
This invigorating work traces the cultural history of convivial drinking before the concept of addiction overshadowed intoxication's reputation as a creative, philosophical, and spiritual force. Marty Roth's Drunk the Night Before illustrates altered consciousness from myth to contemporary life, laying bare the behaviors and beliefs, sacred and secular, invested in intoxication.
110.00 zł
Publishing date:
2005
Audience:
college/higher education
Delivery:
2 days
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages:
232
Publication form:
hardback
Language:
English
Edition:
ISBN:
9780816643974
Categories:
Cultural studies
This invigorating work traces the cultural history of convivial drinking before the concept of addiction overshadowed intoxication's reputation as a creative, philosophical, and spiritual force. Marty Roth's Drunk the Night Before illustrates altered consciousness from myth to contemporary life, laying bare the behaviors and beliefs, sacred and secular, invested in intoxication.