The Same Drink? Wine and Absinthe Consumption and Drinking Cultures Among French and Muslim Groups in Nineteenth Century Algeria

Studer, Nina Salouâ (2020). The Same Drink? Wine and Absinthe Consumption and Drinking Cultures Among French and Muslim Groups in Nineteenth Century Algeria. In: Ernst, Waltraud (ed.) Alcohol Flows Across Cultures. Drinking Cultures in Transnational and Comparative Perspective. Routledge studies in modern history (pp. 20-43). New York: Routledge

Text Seiten aus Alcohol Flows Across Cultures.pdf - Published Version Restricted to registered users only Available under License Publisher holds Copyright. Download (445kB)

Drinking habits have long been viewed as markers of cultural difference, especially in colonial contexts, where what one drank was influenced by a variety of factors, among them availability, the weather and hygienic considerations, but also religion, ethnicity, class and gender. Consuming either absinthe or wine – or neither or both – in Algeria in the nineteenth century was consequently influenced by more than just a question of taste. This chapter focuses on alcohol consumption in colonial Algeria. It examines descriptions of absinthe and wine and of the different groups who consumed these drinks, as revealed in the accounts of French settlers in Algeria and Métropolitains travelling through the region.

Interest & Impact

Downloads

1 since deposited on 20 May 2020
0 in the past 12 months

Citations

5 Citations in Web of Science ®
6 Citations in Scopus

Search

in Google Scholar™

Services

Actions (login required)

Edit item

Actions (login required)

Edit item