TY  - JOUR
AB  - Many researchers who have studied drinking in Ireland have worked under the assumption that the Irish have a particularly acute problem with alcohol. Through an investigation of historical and contemporary writings on the subject I demonstrate that the problem is more complicated than traditional images would lead one to believe. Generally it is not known that Ireland has one of the lowest rates of alcohol consumption in Europe and one of the highest percentages of abstainers, although it is also true that Ireland has one of the highest hospital admission rates for alcohol‐related illnesses. In an attempt to understand the complex variety of drinking behaviours in Ireland, I advocate the reinterpretation and use of the concept of ambivalence in the context of Irish drinking, adapting ideas of Barth (originally applied to Bah) in the process.
VL  - 16
IS  - 5/6
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/eb013254
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013254
AU  - Cassidy Tanya M.
PY  - 1996
Y1  - 1996/01/01
TI  - IRISH DRINKING WORLDS: A SOCIO‐CULTURAL REINTERPRETATION OF AMBIVALENCE
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 5
EP  - 25
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -