"An Error in Chemistry", 114 (Event)

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sat, 2018-01-20 13:56
Text: 
"An Error in Chemistry"
Location: 
Varner's Store in "An Error in Chemistry" (Location)
Page Number: 
114
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
So for the next two years, occasionally in Jefferson
Page Event Ends: 
115
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Joel Flint
Unnamed Local Residents
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, April 1, 1944 to Monday, April 1, 1946
Summary: 

In his two years in Yoknapatawpha, Flint becomes well known for his disdain for the residents' "local southern custom of drinking whiskey by mixing sugar and water with it" (114). Flint derides this custom as ""effeminacy" (114).

Chronological Order: 
6.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
whiskey, southern custom, effeminacy, masculinity
Cultural Issues:
Age›Middle age | Alcohol›Manhood | Cultural Identity›Southern identity

digyok:node/event/16451