At the Table - Timothy J. Tomasik
Metaphorical and Material Cultures of Food in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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This volume surveys recent studies of the metaphorical and material facets of food in medieval and early modern Europe. Ranging from literary, historical, and political analyses to archaeological and botanical ones, this collection explores food as a nexus of pre-modern European culture. Food and feasting are understood not simply as the consumption of material goods but also as the figurative and symbolic representations of culture, which Mauss has termed a 'total social fact'. To understand the myriad way...
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2007 Uitgever: Brepols Publishers 225 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 2503523986 ISBN-13: 9782503523989Koop dit boek tweedehands
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This volume surveys recent studies of the metaphorical and material facets of food in medieval and early modern Europe. Ranging from literary, historical, and political analyses to archaeological and botanical ones, this collection explores food as a nexus...