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20 Contemp. Drug Probs. 1 (1993)
The Making of the Danish Liberal Drinking Style: The Construction of a Wet Alcohol Discourse in Denmark

handle is hein.journals/condp20 and id is 15 raw text is: Contemporary Drug Problems/Spring 1993 The making of the Danish liberal drinking style: the construction of a wet alcohol discourse in Denmark BY SIDSEL ERIKSEN The author is at the Institute of History of the University of Copenhagen (Njalsgade 102, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark). She has written on why temperance history differed in Denmark and in Sweden and recently published a biography of a Danish feminist temperance leader. There is a liberal attitude toward alcohol consumption in Denmark and the country experiences few problems with alcohol abuse. The national drinking pattern is one of frequent but temperate con- sumption of alcoholic beverages, mostly beer. The majority of consumption takes place in the home; initial drinking by adoles- cents is usually done in the presence of adults; and there is little increase in the rhythm of drinking on weekends or holidays. Alcoholic beverages, including distilled spirits, are sold in virtually all retail food outlets. There has been little variation in these pat- terns for years .... AUTHOR'S NOTE: This paper was presented at the Kertil Bruun Society confer- ence in Toronto. May 31-June 5, 1992. © 1993 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc.

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