Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 277 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781474245326
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9780857857293
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9780857856807
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0857856804
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9780857857361
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0857857363
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0857857290
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9780857857194
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0857857193
Content:
Chapter 1. Introduction / Susanne Kerner and Cynthia Chou -- Part I. Everyday Commensality -- Chapter 2. Commensality and the Organization of Social Relations / Tan Chee-Beng -- Chapter 3. Commensal Circles and the Common Pot / Penny Van Esterik -- Chapter 4. Commensality between the Young / Boris Andersen -- Chapter 5. Activism through Commensality: Food and Politics in a Temporary Vegan Zone / Yvonne le Grand -- Chapter 6. Cooking in the Fourth Millennium bce: Investigating the Social via the Material / Maria Bianca D'Anna and Carolin Jauss -- Part II. Special Commensality -- Chapter 7. Methodological and Definitional Issues in the Archaeology of Food / Katheryn C. Twiss -- Chapter 8. Medieval and Modern Banquets: Commensality and Social Categorization / Paul Freedman -- Chapter 9. It is Ritual, isn't it? Mortuary and Feasting Practices at Domuztepe / Alexandra Fletcher and Stuart Campbell -- Chapter 10. Drink and Commensality or How to Hold on to Your Drink in the Chalcolithic / Susanne Kerner -- Part III. The Social and Political Aspects of Commensality -- Chapter 11. How Chicken Rice Informs about Identity / Cynthia Chou -- Chapter 12. Feasting on Locusts and Truffles in the Second Millennium bce / Hanne Nymann -- Chapter 13. Commensality and Sharing in an Andean Community in Bolivia / Cornelia A. Nell -- Chapter 14. Dissolved in Liquor and Life : Drinkers and Drinking Cultures in Mo Yan's Novel Liquorland / Astrid Møller-Olsen -- Chapter 15. Justifications for Foodways and the Study of Commensality / Jordan D. Rosenblum -- Chapter 16. The Role of Food in the Life of Christians in the Roman Empire / Morten Warmind -- Chapter 17. Ritual Meals and Polemics in Antiquity / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Content:
"Throughout time and in all parts of the world, humans have eaten together socially. Commensality, eating and drinking together, is fundamentally a social activity which creates and cements bonds which define our place in society. Covering prehistoric archaeology, to medieval banquets, to the inaugural dinner of the American President to everyday commensality as we eat in our homes, with friends, in religious ceremonies and as a form of political activism, this rich collection provides a unique exploration of commensality. Scholars from history, archaeology and anthropology have long studied the human practices and material culture and artefacts associated with communal eating and feasting, but until now these critical insights have not been presented in dialogue with one another. Uniquely, this book fuses insights from anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, religious studies and literary scholars to introduce a truly multidisciplinary and inclusive survey of commensality to the present day. From the role of drinking in China to religious taboos to ancient cooking practices, this fascinating volume is indispensable reading for students and scholars of the anthropology, history and archaeology of food"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781474245326
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