Beverages as Social Markers in Sicily: Traditions of Consumption and Preferences
[Napitki kak sotsial’nye markery v Sitsilii: traditsii potrebleniia i predpochteniia]
Type of publication: Research Article
Submitted: 11.02.2019
Accepted: 23.07.2019
About author(s)
Oxana D. Fais-Leutskaia | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2757-2434 | oxana-fais@yandex.ru | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (32-a Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia)
Keywords
beverages, Sicily, alimentary tradition, stratification of society, taste preferences and priorities
Abstract
The article presents a pioneering comprehensive study of beverages in Sicily, viewing them as a distinct branch within the alimentary system of this Italian region. The author looks at alcoholic and non-alcoholic, ancient and modern, traditional local and borrowed layers which make up the drinking culture of Sicily. A special focus is made on associating particular drinks with certain local social groups and analyzing various aspects of Sicilian history, culture and traditionality. Such an approach offers a new perspective on studying the anthropological diversity of the modern Sicilian society.
Citation
Fais-Leutskaia, O.D. 2019. Beverages as Social Markers in Sicily: Traditions of Consumption and Preferences [Napitki kak sotsial’nye markery v Sitsilii: traditsii potrebleniia i predpochteniia]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 4: 114–130. https://doi.org/10.31857/S086954150006196-5
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