At the table : metaphorical and material cultures of food in medieval and early modern Europe / edited by Timothy J. Tomasik and Juliann M. Vitullo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tomasik, Timothy J.

Vitullo, Juliann M.

Series:

Arizona studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; v. 18.

Arizona studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Europe--History--To 1500.

Food habits.

Food--Social aspects--Europe--History--To 1500.

Food.

Civilization, Medieval.

Food habits--Europe--History--16th century.

Food habits--Europe--History--17th century.

Food--Social aspects--Europe--History--16th century.

Food--Social aspects--Europe--History--17th century.

Renaissance.

Food--Social aspects.

History.

Europe--Social life and customs.

Europe.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xx, 225 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, 2007.

Summary:

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 ways in which discourses about food and feasting are mobilized during this period is to better understand the fundamental role food and feasting played in the development of Europeans habitual patterns of behaviour and of thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2503523986

9782503523989

OCLC:

77258155