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Drinking patterns of the Mescalero Apache

Quarterly journal of studies on alcohol • 28 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 116-131

By: Curley, Richard T..

Abstract
This source contains a normative view of Mescalero Apache drinking patterns, including information on typical drinking settings, typical drinking style, the relationship between drinking and social role types, and the formation of drinking groups. It is the author's contention that Apache drinking may be viewed as a patterned cultural behavior that functions '...as a substitute for the various forms of institutionalized activity and group relationships that have been lost to the Apache during a hundred years of deculturation'. On the whole, the article appears to be impressionistic and superficial.
Subjects
Alcoholic beverages
Social personality
Gender status
Adolescent activities
culture
Mescalero Apache
HRAF PubDate
2019
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Eleanor C. Swanson ; Marlene Martin ; 1979-1980
Field Date
1963 (summer)
Coverage Place
Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
Notes
Richard T. Curley
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
75643753
LCSH
Mescalero Indians