A Five Week Alcoholism Ethnography Conducted in Three Spanish Speaking Communities.

Autor/in	Gilbert, M. Jean
Institution	California State Office of Alcoholism, Sacramento.
Titel	A Five Week Alcoholism Ethnography Conducted in Three Spanish Speaking Communities.
Quelle	(1978), (7 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Alcoholism; Cultural Influences; Drinking; Ethnography; Immigrants; Mexican Americans; Sex Differences; Sex Role; Social Behavior; Social Class; Social Services; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Alkoholismus; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Trinken; Ethnografie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanoamerikaner; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Geschlechterrolle; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kalifornien
Abstract	As part of a study of the cultural and societal factors influencing alcohol use and abuse and variations in drinking patterns among California's Spanish speaking population, ethnographic research was conducted in three separate communities. In this paper, the design and methodology (including participant observation), and some of the results of the ethnographic data collection are outlined. Settings in which drinking takes place among Mexican Americans are described. The varying degree and manner in which Mexican American women were participants in drinking scenarios are used to demonstrate some of the cultural contrasts and influences in drinking behavior. A positive correlation was found between a woman's active participation in public drinking activities and her acculturation as assessed by language, dress and, if known, generation (in terms of immigration). The implications of differences in norms and sex role behavior accompanying acculturation are mentioned as they relate to alcoholism programs. The importance to social service delivery of the types of information which may be gained by ethnography is stressed. (Author/GC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC