Title:
Girly drinks : a world history of women and alcohol / Mallory O'Meara.
ISBN:
9781335282408
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021]
©2021
Physical Description:
383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Drunken monkeys and discovering alcohol : the dawn of time -- Cleopatra and her inimitable liver : the ancient world -- Hildegard's brewnuns just want to have fun : the early Middle Ages -- Li Qingzhao and the devil's schoolhouse : the high Middle Ages -- The deviant mirth of Mary Frith : the Renaissance -- The vodka empire of Catherine the Great : the eighteenth century -- The widow Clicquot and the deliciously feminine : the nineteenth century -- Ada Coleman's American bar : the twentieth century -- Gertrude Lythgoe, queen of the bootleggers : the 1920's -- Tequila, trousers and the legacy of Lucha Reyes : the 1930s and 40s -- Sunny Sund the beachcomber : the 1950s -- Ladies night with Bessie Williamson : the 1960s and 70s -- The Joy Spence anniversary blend : the 1980s and 90s -- Julie Reiner behind the bar after three : The 2000s -- Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela's bold brew : the 2010s.
Summary:
From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of our social rituals and cultures worldwide. O'Meara provides an eye-opening feminist history of women drinking through the ages. She unveils an entire untold history of the female distillers, drinkers and brewers who have played a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol. From ancient Sumerian beer makers to bootlegging grandmothers and bar owners of today, she dismantles the patriarchal traditions at the heart of our drinking culture. -- adapted from jacket
OCLC Number:
on1273729039
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