03761nam 22007692 450 991078331130332120230313192805.01-107-11626-01-280-42042-10-511-61253-21-139-14596-70-511-17330-X0-511-06622-80-511-05991-40-511-32496-00-511-06835-2(CKB)1000000000030822(EBL)217852(OCoLC)559332269(SSID)ssj0000156484(PQKBManifestationID)11148961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156484(PQKBWorkID)10123787(PQKB)11185357(UkCbUP)CR9780511612534(MiAaPQ)EBC217852(Au-PeEL)EBL217852(CaPaEBR)ebr10073540(CaONFJC)MIL42042(OCoLC)57301242(EXLCZ)99100000000003082220090914d1999|||| uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFood and society in classical antiquity /Peter GarnseyCambridge :Cambridge University Press,1999.1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)Key themes in ancient historyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-64588-3 0-521-64182-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Diet; CHAPTER 2 Food and the economy; CHAPTER 3 Food crisis; CHAPTER 4 Malnutrition; CHAPTER 5 Otherness; CHAPTER 6 Forbidden foods; CHAPTER 7 Food and the family; CHAPTER 8 Haves and havenots; CHAPTER 9 You are with whom you eat; Conclusion: choice and necessity; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; IndexThis is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats it as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, evoking other basic human needs and desires, especially sex, and performing social and cultural roles which can be either integrative or divisive. The book explores food taboos in Greek, Roman, and Jewish society, and food-allocation within the family, as well as more familiar cultural and economic polarities which are highlighted by food and eating. The author draws on a wide range of evidence new and old, from written sources to human skeletal remains, and uses both comparative historical evidence from early modern and contemporary developing societies and the anthropological literature, to create a case-study of food in antiquity.Key themes in ancient history.Food & Society in Classical AntiquityFood habitsGreeceHistoryTo 1500Food habitsRomeFood supplyGreeceHistoryTo 1500Food supplyRomeCivilization, ClassicalFood habitsHistoryFood habitsFood supplyHistoryFood supplyCivilization, Classical.394.1/2/0937Garnsey Peter157284UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910783311303321Food and society in classical antiquity178785UNINA