The social archaeology of food: thinking about eating from prehistory to the present

"This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, th...

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1. Verfasser: Hastorf, Christine Ann 1950- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:"This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, the Inka and many other periods and regions, to ask how the meal in particular has acted as a social agent in the formation of society, economy, culture and identity. Drawing on a range of social theorists, Hastorf provides a theoretical toolkit essential for any archaeologist interested in foodways. Studying the social life of food, this book engages with taste, practice, the meal and the body to discuss power, identity, gender and meaning that creates our world as it created past societies"...Bookdepository.com
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xviii, 400 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9781107153363
9781316607251