Edmunds Martini, Straight Up

The Classic American Cocktail
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3768-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edmunds, Lowell

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Kochen, Essen, Trinken
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Time Line. The Martini Decade by Decade
The Simple Messages of the Martini
Message One. The Martini is American—it is not European, Asian, or African
Message Two. The Martini is urban and urbane—it is not rural or rustic
Message Three. The Martini is a high-status, not a low-status, drink
Message Four. The Martini is a man's, not a woman's, drink
Message Five. The Martini is optimistic, not pessimistic
Messgae Six. The Martini is the drink of adults, not of children
Message Seven. The Martini belongs to the past, not the present
The Simple Messages Reconsidered
The Ambiguities of the Martini
Ambiguity One. The Martini is civilized—the Martini is uncivilized
Ambiguity Two. The Martini unites—the Martini separates
Ambiguity Three. The Martini is classic—the Martini is individual
Ambiguity Four. The Martini is sensitive—the Martini is tough
Historical Background of the Ambiguities
Conclusion
Theory, Method, and Bibliography
Appendix. The Martini Glass
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edmunds, Lowell
Lowell Edmunds is an emeritus professor of classics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. His books include Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry and Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Lowell Edmunds is a professor of classics at Rutgers University.