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Desire and Craving: A Cultural Theory of Alcoholism

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Desire and Craving: A Cultural Theory of Alcoholism
Desire and Craving: A Cultural Theory of Alcoholism

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Desire and Craving: A Cultural Theory of Alcoholism

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This book is an ethnographic analysis of alcoholism, focusing on the importance of cultural explanations of heavy drinking in modern society. As a starting point, Alasuutari uses a cognitive concept of frames in order to study the social and cultural boundedness of alcohol related problems. The ethnographic narratives concentrate on specific cases, but stress the theoretical level of analysis, and reveal the ways in which the alcoholism frame is linked with Western culture and society. Alasuutari also provides an analysis of the role of the temperance movement and ideology in Finland, and the rise of the distinction between normal and pathological drinking.

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