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'Problem deflation' and the ethnographic record: interpretation and introspection in anthropological studies of alcohol
Journal of substance abuse • 2 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 353-367
By: Marshall, Mac.
Abstract
This article is largely a re-evaluation of the author's earlier work on Chuuk drinking behavior (see document no. 33) in light of criticism leveled at ethnologists for treating drunken behavior in functionalist and cultural relativist terms and not as a possible variant of a universal disease, alcoholism. In this article, Marshall critiques the debate and discusses how his view of Chuuk drinking behavior changed when he learned about the concerns of Chuuk women, who were involved in a successful temperance movement (see document no. 35.) He attributes his earlier oversight of the social problems of drinking to his overriding concern for a cultural explanation, and his failure to consider the point of view of Chuuk women.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Micronesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 1969-1985
- Coverage Place
- Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Notes
- Mac Marshall
- Includes bibliographical references (p.366-367)
- LCCN
- 88659423
- LCSH
- Trukese (Micronesian people)