嗜好品文化にみる生活文化の変容 : ザンビア、トンガ社会の「甘い酒」チブワントゥを事例に

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This study aims to clarify the dynamic state of life culture in the process of modernization by analyzing the shikohin culture, which represents people's lifestyles and values. Therefore, I studied the case of Tonga society in Zambia, southern Africa. Tonga people of all ages, both men and women, love to drink a fermented drink made from maize called chibwantu. Determining whether chibwantu is alcohol or a refreshing drink is difficult because of its low alcohol content. In this article, I discussed the characteristics and functions of chibwantu in the socially and economically changing Tonga society, comparing it with those of the local beer, gankata, and the recently popular industrial alcohol beverages. According to the discussion, while gankata retreated from the social space with the growing popularity of industrial beverages, chibwantu played new socioeconomic roles of facilitating intensification of new social activities, aiding women's cash-earning activities and simplifying the ritual. This change of social position of chibwantu is based on its longstanding cultural positions in Tonga society. That is, everybody loves chibwantu; one can express hospitality, appreciation, and compassion with it; above all, it smoothes human relations by enabling social consumption and can be the agent for achieving collective pleasure.
2012-03-31