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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala. :
University of Alabama Press,
[2010]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.