Beer Culture in Theory and Practice
Beer Culture in Theory and Practice

Author: Adam W. Tyma

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2017-04-26

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1498535550

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Beer culture has grown exponentially in the United States, from the days of Prohibition to the signing of HR 1337 by then-President Jimmy Carter, which legalized homebrewing for personal and household use, to the potential hop shortage that all brewers are facing today. This expansion of the culture, both socially and commercially, has created a linguistic and cultural turn that is just now starting to be fully recognized. The contributors of Beer Culture in Theory and Practice: Understanding Craft Beer Culture in the United States examine varying facets of beer culture in the United States, from becoming a home brewer, to connecting it to the community, to what a beer brand means, to the social realities and shortcomings that exist within the beer and brewing communities. The book aims to move beer away from the cooler and taproom, and into the dynamic conversation of Popular and American cultural studies that is happening right now, both within and outside of the classroom.

The Theory and Practice of Brewing
The Theory and Practice of Brewing

Author: Michael Combrune

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13:

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This is a guide to the technical aspects of brewing beer. This book covers a wide range of topics, including the properties of ingredients such as barley and hops, the process of malting, the different types of fermentation, and the management of beer in cellars. It also includes practical advice on calculating water volume, controlling temperature, and managing the brewing process from start to finish.

Beer Places
Beer Places

Author: Daina Cheyenne Harvey

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2023-03-06

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1682262235

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"Beer Places is both a road map for craft beer and an academic analysis of craft beer's ties to place. Collected into sections that address authenticity and revitalization, politics and economics, and collectivity and collaboration, this volume blends new research with a series of "postcards": informal conversations and first-person dispatches from the field that transport readers to the spots where pints are shared and networks forged"--

Eating Fandom
Eating Fandom

Author: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 100020698X

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This book considers the practices and techniques fans utilize to interact with different aspects and elements of food cultures. With attention to food cultures across nations, societies, cultures, and historical periods, the collected essays consider the rituals and values of fan communities as reflections of their food culture, whether in relation to particular foods or types of food, those who produce them, or representations of them. Presenting various theoretical and methodological approaches, the anthology brings together a series of empirical studies to examine the intersection of two fields of cultural practice and will appeal to sociologists, geographers and scholars of cultural studies with interests in fan studies and food cultures.

Holy Waters
Holy Waters

Author: Ryan Lemasters

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-10

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1040092691

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This edited volume brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine the relationship between religion and alcohol. It examines the historical, social, ritual, economic, political, and cultural relationship between religion and alcohol across time periods and around the world. Twelve chapters are tied together by two major themes: first, gender identity, and its intersection with religion and alcohol; second, identity construction in religious communities, demonstrating how alcohol can be used as a distinguishing factor for religious, ethnic, and national identity. A key focus of the volume is how alcohol can bridge and divide the point at which the sacred and secular meet. With its interdisciplinary approach and engaging style, this book is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students in religion departments and appeals to scholars of material culture, food, and alcohol. Additionally, the book is of interest to professionals in the alcohol industry, particularly those involved in microbrewing and winemaking, who are interested in understanding the historical and cultural contexts of their craft.

Pop Culture Yoga
Pop Culture Yoga

Author: Kristen C. Blinne

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-01-23

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1498584381

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Pop Culture Yoga: A Communication Remix was born out of a series of questions about the paradoxical nature of yoga: How do individuals and groups define yoga? What does it mean to “practice yoga,” and what does this practice involve? What are some of the most important principles, guidelines, or philosophical tenets of yoga that shape people’s definitions and practices? Who has the power and authority to define yoga? What are the limits, if any, of shared definitions of yoga? Kristen C. Blinne explores the myriad ways “yoga” is communicatively constructed and defined in and through popular culture in the United States. In doing so, Blinne offers insight into the many identity work processes in play in the construction of yoga categories, illuminating how individuals’ and groups’ words and actions represent practices of claiming—part of a complex communicative process centered around membership categorization—based on a range of authenticity discourses. Employing popular culture writing styles, Blinne ultimately contends that the majority of yoga styles practiced in the United States are remixes that can be classified as pop culture yoga, a distinct way of understanding this complex phenomenon.

Myth, Fan Culture, and the Popular Appeal of Liminality in the Music of U2
Myth, Fan Culture, and the Popular Appeal of Liminality in the Music of U2

Author: Brian Johnston

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1498553060

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U2’s ongoing popular appeal is constructed in the spaces between band and fan, commercialism and community, spirituality and nihilism; finding meaning in a surface-oriented popular culture and contradiction in the depths of political and faith-based institutions. The band’s long-term success and continued relevance is a result of their ability to hold these energies in tension without one subsuming the other—to live in the liminal space that such contradictions invite. U2’s mythic trajectory was born from a bygone electronic era, realized in our current digital era but with an eye on the forthcoming virtual era; it is a new myth for the whole world, found in the most unlikely of places, popular culture. This book approaches the band’s mythic trajectory through a combination of rhetorical analysis and autoethnographic explorations that unveil the more personal experiences most of us have with media. Drawing heavily upon the works of Marshal McLuhan, Joseph Campbell, Thomas S. Frentz, and Janice Hocker Rushing, Myth, Fan Culture, and the Popular Appeal of Liminality in the Music of U2 unpacks U2’s popular appeal through the lenses of Agape (spiritual, communal love), Amor (romantic love), and Eros (erotic love). Check out the book's official website for additional information: https//:www.u2mythos.com

The Theory and Practice of Brewing
The Theory and Practice of Brewing

Author: Michael Combrune

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781290429948

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Communicating with Memes
Communicating with Memes

Author: Grant Kien

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-06-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1498551343

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Communicating with Memes: Consequences in Post-truth Civilization investigates the consequences of memetic communication, the causes of these consequences, and what action—if any—should be taken in response. Communicating with memes across social media networks has become a commonplace activity in today’s world, despite the fact that just years earlier, this mode of communication was a rarity. The rapid adoption of this new mode of communication through ubiquitous social media and device use is resulting in a major transformation of the ways in which we think and behave in our digital world. From the election of Donald Trump, to online harassment and identity theft, to the resurgence of once-eradicated diseases due to the anti-vaxxer movement, Grant Kien analyzes fourteen major consequences of this shift and confronts the question of how to approach these consequences.