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"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 i...
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Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857857361 (paperback) : 0857857363 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | GT2850 |
| CLC: | R155.1 |
| Call Number: | R155.1/C734 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Everyday Commensality: Commensality and the Organization of Social Relations / Commensal Circles and the Common Pot / Commensality between the Young / Activism through Commensality: Food and Politics in a Temporary Vegan Zone / Cooking in the Fourth Millennium BCE: Investigating the Social via the Material / Special Commensality: Methodological and Definitional Issues in the Archaeology of Food / Medieval and Modern Banquets: Commensality and Social Categorization / It is Ritual, isn't it? Mortuary and Feasting Practices at Domuztepe / .Drink and Commensality, or How to Hold onto Your Drink in the Chalcolithic / The Social and Political Aspects of Commensality: How Chicken Rice Informs about Identity / Feasting on Locusts and Truffles in the Second Millenium BCE / Commensality and Sharing in an Andean Community in Bolivia / Dissolved in Liquor and Life: Drinkers and Drinking Cultures in Mo Yan's Novel, Liquorland / Justifications for Foodways and the Study of Commensality / The Role of Food in the Life of Christians in the Roman Empire / Ritual Meals and Polemics in Antiquity / |