Feasts : Archaeological and Ethnographic Pespectives on Food, Politics, and Power /

From the ancient Near East to modern-day North America, communal consumption of food and drink punctuates the rhythms of human societies. Feasts serve many social purposes, establishing alliances for war and marriage, mobilizing labor, creating political power and economic advantages, and redistribu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hayden, Brian, Dietler, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Festivals.
Fasts and feasts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Holidays (non-religious)
Fasts and feasts > Congresses.
Festivals > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Digesting the Feast-Good to Eat, Good to Drink, Good to Think: An Introduction
  • Michael Dietler and Brian Hayden
  • Part 1: Ethnographic Perspectives
  • Part 2: Archaeological Perspectives.

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