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Of tripod and palate : food, politics and religion in traditional China /
"Attitudes toward food and commensality constituted a central fiber in the social, religious, and political fabric of ancient Chinese society. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction / Roel Sterckx
- 1. Moonshine and millet : feasting and purification rituals in ancient China / Constance A. Cook
- 2. Food and philosophy in early China / Roel Sterckx
- 3. When princes awake in kitchens : Zhuangzi's rewriting of a culinary myth / Romain Graziani
- 4. The offering of food and the creation of order : the practice of sacrifice in early China / Michael Puett
- 5. Eating better than gods and ancestors / Robert F. Campany
- 6. A taste of happiness : contextualizing elixirs in Baopuzi / Poo Mu-Chou
- 7. Feasting without the victuals : the evolution of the Daoist communal kitchen / Terry F. Kleeman
- 8. Pleasure, prohibition and pain : food and medicine in traditional China / Vivienne Lo
- 9. Buddhist vegetarianism in China / John Kieschnick
- 10. Buddhism, alcohol and tea in medieval China / James A. Benn
- 11. The beef taboo and the sacrificial structure of late imperial Chinese society / Vincent Goossaert
- About the contributors
- Index.