Russian folk discourse on problem drinking

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12977908
AutoresElena V Nuciforo (Florida International University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen8
Número1
Páginas80-93
Fecha de publicación2015-02-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRussian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1940-9427 • E-ISSN: 1940-9419
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19409419.2015.1008942
OpenAlexW1983830390
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

Cultural discourse analysis was used to explore the data from 77 interviews with Russian respondents in order to describe and interpret what representatives of Russian culture understand by problematic alcohol consumption. The study identified two clusters of cultural terms that define problem drinking as either ‘to get drunk at one sitting’ (‘napit'sia’ – напиться) or ‘to consume alcohol in a regular and patterned way’ (‘pit’ – пить). The two term clusters were analyzed and compared as functioning in the folk discourse according to communication norms that are constituted by code and normative rules. Cultural propositions developed on the foundation of term clusters helped to formulate statements reflecting folk logic in defining problem drinking. Further analysis revealed a key cultural premise about problem drinking in Russian culture: it is dangerous to consume large quantities of alcohol at one sitting, but alcohol intake does not carry substantial long-term damage unless it acquires a regular, identifiable pattern and causes irreversible personal, relational, behavioral and emotional change noticed and verbally recognized by others

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Linguistics · Normative · Political science · Premise · Sociology · Term (time · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes