Commensality : from everyday food to feast /
Commensality : from everyday food to feast /
edited by Susanne Kerner, Cynthia Chou, and Morten Warmind.
- 1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index.
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 / Susanne Kerner and Cynthia Chou -- Tan Chee-Benb; Penny van Esterik; Boris Andersen; Yvonne le Grand; Maria Bianca D'Anna and Carolin Jauss -- Katheryn C. Twiss; Paul Freedman; Alexandra Fletcher and Stuart Campbell; Susanne Kerner -- Cynthia Chou; Hanne Nyman; Cornelia A. Nell; Astrid Møller-Olsen; Jordan D. Rosenblum; Morten Warmind; Ingvild Sœlid Gilhus. 1. Part I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part II. 7. 8. 9. 10 Part III. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
"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"--
9780857857194 (electronic bk.) 0857857193 (electronic bk.) 9781474245326 (online) 1474245323 (epdf) (epdf) (ePub)
9780857857194 CodeMantra
GBB6I6232 bnb
017972024 Uk
Food habits--Social aspects.
Dinners and dining--Social aspects.
Habitudes alimentaires--Aspect social.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Food & society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Agriculture & Food.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Dinners and dining--Social aspects.
Food habits--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
History.
GT2850 / .C585 2015eb
394.1/2
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index.
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 / Susanne Kerner and Cynthia Chou -- Tan Chee-Benb; Penny van Esterik; Boris Andersen; Yvonne le Grand; Maria Bianca D'Anna and Carolin Jauss -- Katheryn C. Twiss; Paul Freedman; Alexandra Fletcher and Stuart Campbell; Susanne Kerner -- Cynthia Chou; Hanne Nyman; Cornelia A. Nell; Astrid Møller-Olsen; Jordan D. Rosenblum; Morten Warmind; Ingvild Sœlid Gilhus. 1. Part I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Part II. 7. 8. 9. 10 Part III. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
"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"--
9780857857194 (electronic bk.) 0857857193 (electronic bk.) 9781474245326 (online) 1474245323 (epdf) (epdf) (ePub)
9780857857194 CodeMantra
GBB6I6232 bnb
017972024 Uk
Food habits--Social aspects.
Dinners and dining--Social aspects.
Habitudes alimentaires--Aspect social.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
Food & society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Customs & Traditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Agriculture & Food.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Dinners and dining--Social aspects.
Food habits--Social aspects.
Electronic books.
History.
GT2850 / .C585 2015eb
394.1/2