Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Alcohol

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION: Alcohol Studies and Anthropology -- PART ONE: Pioneering Works and Their Reassessment -- Introduction -- Chamula and Chichicastenango: A Re-examination / BUNZEL, RUTH -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Drinking: Integrated Drinking and Sex Differences in the Use of Alcoholic Beverages / BACON, MARGARET K. -- PART TWO: The Ethnographic Data Base -- Introduction -- Anthropological Perspectives on Alcohol: An Historical Review / HEATH, DWIGHT B. -- A Review and Appraisal of Alcohol and Kava Studies in Oceania / MARSHALL, MAC -- European Drinking Habits: A Review of Research and Some Suggestions for Conceptual Integration of Findings / AHLSTRÖM-LAAKSO, SALME -- Family Behavior and Alcoholism / ABLON, JOAN -- Similarities and Differences Among a Heavily Arrested Group of Navajo Indian Drinkers in a Southwestern American Town / FERGUSON, FRANCES N. -- PART THREE: Historical Approaches -- Introduction -- Alcohol and Culture: The Historical Evolution of Drinking Patterns Among the Mapuche / LOMNITZ, LARISSA -- Alcohol Usage in an African Society / OBAYEMI, ADE M. U. -- Summary of an Alcoholism Study Apurímac-Ayacucho River Valley, in the Peru / ORTEGA, ALFREDO VELAPATIÑO -- PART FOUR: Physiological and Biomedical Aspects of Alcohol Consumption -- Introduction -- Body, Mind, and Booze / MADSEN, WILLIAM -- Ethanol Metabolism in Various Racial Groups / FENNA, D. / MIX, L. / SCHAEFER, O. / GILBERT, J. A. L. -- Ethnic Groups, Human Variation, and Alcohol Use / HANNA, JOEL Μ. -- PART FIVE: The Current Status of Cross-Cultural Theories -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Evidence That Dependency Conflict Motivates Drunkenness / BARRY, HERBERT -- Drinking as a Manifestation of Power Concerns / BOYATZIS, RICHARD E. -- Drunkenness and Culture Stress: A Holocultural Test / SCHAEFER, JAMES M. -- The Epidemiology of Alcoholism with Specific Reference to Sociocultural Factors / LINT, JAN DE -- Theory in Alcohol Studies / SARGENT, MARGARET -- PART SIX: Methodological Considerations and Data Collection -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcoholism in the Clinical Setting: Review and Evaluation / WESTERMEYER, JOSEPH -- The Cultural Approach, Verbal Plans, and Alcohol Research / TOPPER, MARTIN D. -- Observations on Methodological Considerations for Cross-Cultural Alcohol Studies / CAHALAN, DON -- A Documentation Resource for Cross-Cultural Studies on Alcohol / KELLER, MARK -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects