Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa

by Anne Kelk Mager

Book Overview

Beer connects commercial, social, and political history in this sobering look at the culture of drinking in South Africa. Beginning where stories of colonial liquor control and exploitation leave off, Anne Kelk Mager looks at the current commerce of beer, its valorizing of male sociability and sports, and the corporate culture of South African Breweries SAB], the world's most successful brewing company. Mager shows how the industry, dominated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253221803
• ISBN13: 9780253221803
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher