Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits offers an invaluable introduction to the topic of the representation of alcohol in both literature and film from antiquity to the present. The whole volume can serve as a textbook on these issues. The books and films analyzed will constitute an ample reading and viewing list for a university course.

Autorentext

José Díaz-Cuesta studied English at the Universities of Oviedo (Spain) and Leeds (UK). He completed his MA in film studies at the University of Valladolid (Spain). He holds a PhD from the University of La Rioja (Spain), where he is a senior lecturer of English literature and film. His teaching and research interests are mainly in Anglo-American and Irish film and literature and the relationships between both disciplines, particularly in their representations of masculinities. He has directed and produced several short films as part of the courses he has been teaching. Anthony Palmiscno is a PhD candidate of Spanish at The Ohio State University (USA), specializing in contemporary Iberian cultural studies. His primary research interests include cultural branding and identity performance through wine events and festivals in the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja, and how such gastronomic expressions sustain regional identity within the larger context of Spain. Other academic interests include representations of wine in contemporary Spanish literature, cultural sustainability through culinary practice and ritual, language pedagogy, performance pedagogy, and technology-enhanced learning in the foreign language classroom.

Inhalt

1. The Transformations of Dionysus: Chasing the Ancient God of Wine through History 2. "Well, I've Been Drinking, but What I Saw Was Real": Unreliability of Sight in Two Victorian Short Stories 3. A Hero and His Quest: Gods, Magic, and Alcohol in The Palm-Wine Drinkard 4. "You Want Water, You Better Go Dunk You Head in the Horse Trawl Back There": Socio-Cultural Aspects of Drinking in Polish Westerns 5. "Times Have Changed": The Pub, Alcohol, and Masculinities in Stephen Frears's The Snapper (1993) 6. The Drunkard's Guilt and Trauma in Manchester by the Sea (2016)