Screen LibraryPolitical gastronomy : food and authority in the english atlantic world /
Political Gastronomy examines the many meanings of food as a symbol of power in the daily life and the political culture of early America. Struggling to establish status and precedence, English settlers and American Indians alike conveyed authority through shared meals and other significant exchange...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2012] ©2012 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Early american studies
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| Summary: |
Political Gastronomy examines the many meanings of food as a symbol of power in the daily life and the political culture of early America. Struggling to establish status and precedence, English settlers and American Indians alike conveyed authority through shared meals and other significant exchanges of food. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 18 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812207156 |
| Index Number: | E46 |
| CLC: | K710.4 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. "Commutative Goodnesse": Food and Leadership -- Chapter 2. "Art of Authority": Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores -- Chapter 3. "By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie": Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges -- Chapter 4. "Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay": Refiguring English Dependency -- Chapter 5. "A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion": Eating Like a Governor -- Chapter 6. "To Manifest the Greater State": English and Indians at Table -- Conclusion: "When Flesh Was Food": Reimagining the Early Period after 1660 -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |