Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
This is a broad-based, comprehensive general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition, the discussion revolving around the concrete issues of food availability and the nutritional status of the population. It also treats the nonfood uses of food, focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group, whether social, religious, philosophical or political.
- First comprehensive study of food and related issues at this level
- Draws on a wide range of sources historical and anthropological and uses data from physical anthropology
- Garnsey is author of our Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World (CUP) and Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity (CUP)
Reviews & endorsements
"...this reviewer found the book most valuable, especially in its findings on (mal)nutrition. Its engaging and honest style, moderate price in paperback, and brevity make it a sensible choice for undergraduate courses on classical antiquity, and its bold position on the nutritional status of most individuals in antiquity has made an important contribution to a vital scholarly debate." The Historian
Product details
May 1999Hardback
9780521641821
192 pages
236 × 157 × 16 mm
0.439kg
6 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: food, substance and symbol
- 1. Diet
- 2. Food and the economy
- 3. Food crisis
- 4. Malnutrition
- 5. Otherness
- 6. Forbidden foods
- 7. Food and the family
- 8. Haves and havenots
- 9. You are with whom you eat
- Conclusion: choice and necessity
- Bibliographical essay
- Bibliography
- Index.
