'Drinking with respect': Drinking constructions of men who live in a Cape Winelands farm community in South Africa.
This article aims to provide a community-specific understanding of a subgroup of South African men who exhibit particularly high rates of hazardous alcohol consumption. Adopting a social constructionist framework, we interviewed 13 Cape Winelands men who lived on farms to explore their drinking constructions. We present three themes that shed light on problematic drinking in this group: (1) the notion of weekend binge-drinking as 'respectable' drinking, (2) drinking as shared activity that fulfils various psycho-social needs and (3) a sense of powerlessness to affect their own or their children's alcohol consumption. These findings are viewed against a specific socio-historical backdrop.
Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Elmien
E
Lesch
Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Rozanne
R
Casper
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D000067565:Farmers / Q000523:psychology; D000072480:Farms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012423:Rural Health; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012931:Social Environment; D066262:Social Norms; D013019:South Africa
culture; drinking behaviour; men’s health; poverty; qualitative methods