Derek Sandhaus: Drunk in China

Cover: 9781640120976 | Drunk in China | Baijiu and the World's Oldest Drinking Culture | Buch

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Beschreibung

China is one of the world¿s leading producers and consumers of liquor. In turn, alcohol infuses all aspects of China¿s culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China¿s most famous spirit remains a mystery. That¿s about to change: baijiu, the most popular alcoholic drink in China, is now being served in cocktail bars overseas. The baijiu invasion is beginning. Drunk in China follows Derek Sandhaus¿ journey of discovery into the world¿s oldest drinking culture. He travels throughout the country and around the globe to meet with distillers, brewers, snake-oil salesmen, archeologists and ordinary drinkers. He visits production floors, karaoke parlors, hotpot joints and speakeasies. Along the way he uncovers a tradition that spans more than nine thousand years, and explores how recent economic and political developments have conspired to push Chinese alcohol beyond the nation¿s borders for the first time. As Chinese society becomes increasingly international, its drinking culture must also adapt to the times. But is the West ready to clink glasses with China, or will deeply rooted stereotypes prove too difficult to overcome? ?Far from engaging in a juvenile celebration of inebriation for its own sake, Sandhaus has aimed to examine the many ways in which alcohol has shaped Chinese society and its rituals, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

Über den Autor

Derek Sandhaus has published four books on Chinese history and culture, most recently Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits. In 2018 Sandhaus co-founded Ming River Sichuan Baijiu in partnership with China’s oldest continually operational distillery. He serves as Ming River’s communications director and as the editor at [...]. He lives with his wife and dog in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Notes on Language
Time Line of Alcohol in China
Introduction: The First Sip

Part 1. Climbing the Sky
1. The Wild West
2. Three Hundred Shots
3. The Way

Part 2. Jiu’s Story
4. Drink of the Dead
5. Drink of the Immortals
6. Firewater
7. The People’s Choice

Part 3. The Journey of a Thousand Drinks
8. Party Favors
9. Song of the South
10. Yangtze Delta Blues
11. Dust Bowl Ballad
12. Yellow River Ramble

Part 4. Warning Labels
13. Burning Questions
14. Quality Control
15. The Cost of Doing Business
16. Red Tape

Part 5. Matters of Taste
17. Reinventing the Flavor Wheel
18. Exclusion
19. A Seat at the Bar
Afterword: Why We Drink
Appendix: About the Recipes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Volkskunde
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Völkerkunde
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9781640120976
ISBN-10:	1640120971
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Sandhaus, Derek
Hersteller:	Potomac Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	236 x 159 x 38 mm
Von/Mit:	Derek Sandhaus
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.11.2019
Gewicht:	0,632 kg

Artikel-ID: 121072881