Political Gastronomy – Food and Authority in the English Atlantic World: Early American Studies
Autor Michael A. Lacombeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 12 aug 2012
The first Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621 was a powerfully symbolic event and not merely the pageant of abundance that we still reenact today. In these early encounters between Indians and English in North America, food was also symbolic of power: the venison brought to Plymouth by the Indians, for example, was resonant of both masculine skill with weapons and the status of the men who offered it. These meanings were clearly understood by Plymouth's leaders, however weak they appeared in comparison.
"Political Gastronomy" examines the meaning of food in its many facets: planting, gathering, hunting, cooking, shared meals, and the daily labor that sustained ordinary households. Public occasions such as the first Thanksgiving could be used to reinforce claims to status and precedence, but even seemingly trivial gestures could dramatize the tense negotiations of status and authority: an offer of roast squirrel or a spoonful of beer, a guest's refusal to accept his place at the table, the presence and type of utensils, whether hands should be washed or napkins used. Historian Michael A. LaCombe places Anglo-Indian encounters at the center of his study, and his wide-ranging research shows that despite their many differences in language, culture, and beliefs, English settlers and American Indians were able to communicate reciprocally in the symbolic language of food."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780812244182
ISBN-10: 0812244184
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 185 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
Seria Early American Studies
ISBN-10: 0812244184
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 185 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
Seria Early American Studies
Cuprins
Introduction Chapter 1. "Commutative Goodnesse": Food and Leadership Chapter 2. "Art of Authority": Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores Chapter 3. "By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie": Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges Chapter 4. "Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay": Refiguring English Dependency Chapter 5. "A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion": Eating Like a Governor Chapter 6. "To Manifest the Greater State": English and Indians at Table Conclusion. "When Flesh Was Food": Reimagining the Early Period after 1660 Notes Index Acknowledgments