LEADER 02818oam 22005534a 450 001 9910967393103321 005 20180823030010.0 010 $a9781610756426 010 $a1610756428 035 $a(CKB)4100000005963212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5490661 035 $a(OCoLC)1048402448 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68385 035 $a(Perlego)2173454 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005963212 100 $a20180117d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aForging Communities $eFood and Representation in Medieval and Early Modern Southwestern Europe /$fedited by Montserrat Piera 210 $aFayetteville $cThe University of Arkansas Press$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (351 pages) 225 0 $aFood and foodways 311 08$a9781682260678 311 08$a1682260674 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aForging Communities explores the importance of the cultivation, provision, trade, and exchange of foods and beverages to mankind's technological advancement, violent conquest, and maritime exploration. The thirteen essays here show how the sharing of food and drink forged social, religious, and community bonds, and how ceremonial feasts as well as domestic daily meals strengthened ties and solidified ethnoreligious identity through the sharing of food customs. The very act of eating and the pleasure derived from it are metaphorically linked to two other sublime activities of the human experience: sexuality and the search for the divine.This interdisciplinary study of food in medieval and early modern communities connects threads of history conventionally examined separately or in isolation. The intersection of foodstuffs with politics, religion, economics, and culture enhances our understanding of historical developments and cultural continuities through the centuries, giving insight that today, as much as in the past, we are what we eat and what we eat is never devoid of meaning. 410 0$aFood and foodways (Fayetteville, Ark.) 606 $aLiterature, Medieval 606 $aFood in literature 606 $aCooking, Medieval 606 $aGastronomy$zIberian Peninsula$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aFood habits$zIberian Peninsula$xHistory$yTo 1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval. 615 0$aFood in literature. 615 0$aCooking, Medieval. 615 0$aGastronomy$xHistory 615 0$aFood habits$xHistory 676 $a641.509/02 702 $aPiera$b Montserrat 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967393103321 996 $aForging Communities$94366483 997 $aUNINA