Some People Can Really Hold Their Liquor Sociologists, Craig MacAndrew and Robert Edgerton believe Some People can really Hold their liquor .In their article they exemplify the vast types of cultures, not only as a group, but as individuals and the effect alcohol has on them. They explain thatsociety interpets alcohol as a means of escaping reality . if one looks at the range ofbehaviors associated with drunkenness in all socities , it becomes apparent that alcohol isused as a way of calling time out with respect to some of the norms of social life.They attribute alcohol in casuing states of depression , euphoria, energizing us and aswell as lowering our inhibition`s. The different cultures which the authors present to usare The Camba Indians of Eastern Bolivia whom frequently get extremley drunk , buttheir excess drinking does not lead to agression or heigtened sexual activity .The MixtecIndians of Mexico , highly value tranquility and non- agression , even in states of grossintoxication they are not loud or agressive. When the kaingang indians of brazil a warliketribe ,drink with other extended families , they become extrem;ey violent and oftencommit murders..When members of a single extended family drink togther, however,quarrels never go beyond blows and muder at this time is , unheard of. The mixe indiansof Mexico often have fist fights when drunk , pause before starting to fight and give theirweapons to onlookers to avoid the chance of seriously injuring their opposition. Theauthors use the interactionist prespective approach . The interactionist perspective in soicology is a view of society that focuses on theway in which people act toward, respond to, and influence one another. It is the productof countless encounters between human beings. The interactionist perspective provides afascinating insi...
