Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books
about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Bread is an object that
is always in process of becoming something else: flower to grain,
grain to dough, dough to loaf, loaf to crumb. Bread is also often a
figure or vehicle of social cohesion: from the homely image of
“breaking bread together” to the mysteries of the Eucharist.
But bread also commonly figures in social conflict — sometimes
literally, in the “bread riots” that punctuate European
history, and sometimes figuratively, in the ways bread operates as
ethnic, religious or class signifier. Drawing on a wide range of
sources, from the scriptures to modern pop culture, Bread tells the
story of how this ancient and everyday object serves as a symbol
for both social communion and social exclusion. Object Lessons is
published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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