Ethnic Drinking Subcultures

Ethnic DrinkiETHNIC DRINKING SUBCULTURES by Andrew M. Greeley, WilliamC. McCready and Gary Theisen Chapter One (Page 1-14) Says Cultures ca-ca been subject to integrate drinking into a religious and symbolic context. Irish tend to have a drab drinking problem with drinking Jews and Italians do not. There are two psychological explanations to be make for alcoholism-cultural and psychological. In a culture in which the demands for male weatheriveness are senior high school and there is low support for assertiveness in the male role, the author argues that drinking increases in men at least.The author in addition discuss the influence of drinking socialization on drinking patterns. Does It provides the background knowledge required to get under ones skin the contents of the book. It introduces the proposition through specialized, concrete and qualitative premises. Chapter Three (Page 36-52) Says Different cultures are evaluated on the he characteristics of power and support. The Irish and Italians are high on power and support, while the Swedes and Jews are low.Italians and Jews are high on support than are Irish and Swedes. On this basis, it can expected that the groups would rank themselves in legal injury of alcohol consumption in the following order irish, Swedes, Italians, Jews. Thus, there is a striking difference in the drinking environment of each drinking group. Does It provides reasons in support of the proposition. It provides concrete and qualitative examples. It also provides several(prenominal) descriptive examples and qualitative evidence.Chapter Six (Page 83-89) Says The chapter examines whether the different ethnic groups may have different addiction subcultures. The Irish may drink more because they have an oral dependency subculture. While various groups do not differ tremendously in their adolescent years in their levels of drug consumption, young people from the different groups seem to find their way into peer-group environme nts where the propensity to abuse alcohol and drugs is high.Does It provides several specialized and concrete research findings. It introduces several implications of the proposition. Chapter ogdoad (Page 95-101) Says There are different drinking subcultures among ethnic groups studied, which influence the drinking behavior and ones propensity to have drinking problems. These cultures are remarkably durable, persisting across generations. Does It provides a conclusion for the book, and highlights the most important facts link to drinking and ethnicity.