Food, Social Politics and the Order of Nature in Renaissance Italy

by Allen J Grieco

The act of eating is a basic human need. Yet in all societies, quotidian choices regarding food and its consumption reveal deeply rooted shared cultural conventions. Food goes beyond issues relating to biological needs and nutrition or production and commerce; it also reveals social and cultural criteria that determine what dishes are prepared on what occasions, and it unveils the politics of the table via the rituals associated with different meals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674244087
• ISBN13: 9780674244085
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Villa I Tatti
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.2"