New Edition Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

strong&#8220Atlast, the feminist history of booze we&#8217vebeen waiting for!&#8221strong strong&#8212Am Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist/strongstrongFrom/strongem /emstrongemLos Angeles Times /em/strongstrongbestselling author Mallory O&#8217Mera comes a lively and engrossing feminist history of women drinking through the ages/strongStrawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. These are the cocktails that come in sleek-stemmed glasses, bright colors and fruity flavors&#8212thse are the Girly Drinks.From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide. But when exactly did drinking become a gendered act? And why have bars long been considered &#8220plces for men&#8221when, without women, they might not even exist?With whipsmart insight and boundless curiosity, emGirly Drinks/em 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 goddess Ninkasi to iconic 1920s bartender Ada Coleman. Filling a crucial gap in culinary history, O&#8217Mera dismantles the long-standing patriarchal traditions at the heart of these very drinking cultures, in the hope that readers everywhere can look to each celebrated woman in this book&#8212an proudly have what she&#8217shaving.

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

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