Hunger, appetite and the politics of the renaissance stage Matt Williamson, University of Oslo

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Matt (Lecturer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--History.

Food supply.

Hunger--History.

Hunger.

Appetite--History.

Appetite.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

"In order to understand the depiction of hunger and appetite correctly, it is necessary to explore the historical conditions surrounding their representation. For the apparent universality of these drives masks the complex ways they both determine, and are determined by, social formations. Hunger, as Ernst Bloch notes, may constitute 'the oil in the lamp of history, but even this primary need looks different according to the changing ways in which needs are satisfied' (Bloch, 1995, p. 69). The precise significance of hunger varies depending on a vast range of material and ideological factors. This is not simply a matter of distinguishing between the passing pangs experienced by all and the profound hunger which affects those who starve. There are also significant differences in terms of both cause and perception, between a peasant who starves alongside their entire village and the outcast who famishes in the midst of plenty. To comprehend what is at stake in the representation of hunger and appetite, it is therefore necessary to consider the material factors governing the lived experience of these drives in the early modern period, and the ideological framework within which they were understood"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Thinking through hunger and appetite in Renaissance England

Service

The food gift

Sexual desire

Female food refusal

Imperial appetites

Revolt

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version Williamson, Matt Hunger, appetite and the politics of the renaissance stage

ISBN:

9781108937672

1108937675

9781108935081

1108935087

OCLC:

1248599610

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