ISBN:
9781335282408
,
1335282408
Language:
English
Pages:
383 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
DDC:
362.292082
Keywords:
Distillers
;
Women brewers
;
Brewing History
;
Alcoholic beverages History
;
Alcoholic beverages Social aspects
;
Drinking customs
;
Women Alcohol use
;
History
;
Alcoholic beverages
;
Alcoholic beverages ; Social aspects
;
Brewing
;
Distillers
;
Drinking customs
;
Women ; Alcohol use
;
Women brewers
;
Women
;
Gender identity
;
Women
;
illustrated books
;
History
;
Illustrated works
;
Ouvrages illustrés
;
Frau
;
Alkoholkonsum
;
Brauerei
;
Brauch
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to 1920s bartender Ada Coleman
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-372) and index
