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Paradigmatic and syntagmatic principles are employed to analyze the correspondences. Haya define four states of consciousness that are characterized by incremental increases in loss of self-control. The last two stages of intoxication are viewed negatively because they indicate a loss of self-control.","Part II focuses on transformations in Haya cosmology, socio-political structure, economy, and values during German and British colonial periods, when Haya began distilling banana beer and were introduced to European alcoholic beverages. Description and analysis of commoditization of alcoholic beverages and British alcohol control laws constitute central themes of Part II.","The use of banana beer as symbolic mediator and as a commodity in contemporary daily life is described in Part III. Haya associate the role of alcoholic beverages as commodities with increases in drunkenness. 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