Food and Society in Classical Antiquity

Klappentext This is a broad-based! comprehensive general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition! the discussion revolving around the concrete issues of food availability and the nutritional status of the population. It also treats the nonfood uses of food! focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group! whether social! religious! philosophical or political. Zusammenfassung This is a general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition. It also treats the non-food uses of food! focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group! whether social! religious! philosophical or political. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: food, substance and symbol; 1. Diet; 2. Food and the economy; 3. Food crisis; 4. Malnutrition; 5. Otherness; 6. Forbidden foods; 7. Food and the family; 8. Haves and havenots; 9. You are with whom you eat; Conclusion: choice and necessity; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Garnsey
• Assisted by: P. A. Cartledge (Editor), P. D. a. Garnsey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.1999
• EAN: 9780521641821
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64182-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Key Themes in Ancient History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias