02818oam 22005534a 450 991096739310332120180823030010.097816107564261610756428(CKB)4100000005963212(MiAaPQ)EBC5490661(OCoLC)1048402448(MdBmJHUP)muse68385(Perlego)2173454(EXLCZ)99410000000596321220180117d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierForging Communities Food and Representation in Medieval and Early Modern Southwestern Europe /edited by Montserrat PieraFayetteville The University of Arkansas Press[2018]1 online resource (351 pages)Food and foodways9781682260678 1682260674 Includes bibliographical references and index.Forging Communities explores the importance of the cultivation, provision, trade, and exchange of foods and beverages to mankind's technological advancement, violent conquest, and maritime exploration. The thirteen essays here show how the sharing of food and drink forged social, religious, and community bonds, and how ceremonial feasts as well as domestic daily meals strengthened ties and solidified ethnoreligious identity through the sharing of food customs. The very act of eating and the pleasure derived from it are metaphorically linked to two other sublime activities of the human experience: sexuality and the search for the divine.This interdisciplinary study of food in medieval and early modern communities connects threads of history conventionally examined separately or in isolation. The intersection of foodstuffs with politics, religion, economics, and culture enhances our understanding of historical developments and cultural continuities through the centuries, giving insight that today, as much as in the past, we are what we eat and what we eat is never devoid of meaning. Food and foodways (Fayetteville, Ark.)Literature, MedievalFood in literatureCooking, MedievalGastronomyIberian PeninsulaHistoryTo 1500Food habitsIberian PeninsulaHistoryTo 1500Electronic books. Literature, Medieval.Food in literature.Cooking, Medieval.GastronomyHistoryFood habitsHistory641.509/02Piera MontserratMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910967393103321Forging Communities4366483UNINA