Food and Society in Classical Antiquity (Hardcover)

This is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats it as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, evoking other basic human needs and desires, especially sex, and performing social and cultural roles which can be either integrative or divisive. The book explores food taboos in Greek, Roman, and Jewish society, and food-allocation within the family, as well as more familiar cultural and economic polarities which are highlighted by food and eating. The author draws on a wide range of evidence new and old, from written sources to human skeletal remains, and uses both comparative historical evidence from early modern and contemporary developing societies and the anthropological literature, to create a case-study of food in antiquity.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Key Themes in Ancient History
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Peter Garnsey
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-64182-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Food & Drink > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-64182-9
Barcode:	9780521641821

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