Author: JONES, MARTIN (1951-) [AUTHOR]. JONES, MARTIN
Title: Feast : why humans share food / Martin Jones
Description: New York. NY : Oxford University Press 2007. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the library of the noted food critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Physical description; xiii. 364 pages : illustrations. maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Review Copy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index. Contents; A return to the hearth -- Are we so different? : how apes eat -- In search of big game -- Fire. cooking. and growing a brain -- Naming and eating -- Among strangers -- Seasons of the feast -- Hierarchy and the food chain -- Eating in order to be -- Far from the hearth -- The stomach and the soul -- A global food web. Summary; In Feast. Martin Jones reconstructs the development of the meal. with the help of the latest archaeological techniques: from chimpanzees at a kill to university professors at a formal feast. from a Roman banquet to the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. Spanning half a million years. this account reveals the history of the meal and its huge impact both on the society and the ecology of the planet. Subjects; Dinners and dining. Food habits. Dinners and dining — History. Food habits — History. Dinners and dining. Food habits. Food. Symbolism. Social Psychology. Interpersonal Relations. Cookery / food & drink etc. Archaeology ; History ; Social & cultural anthropology. Social Science / Anthropology / General. Social Science / Customs & Traditions. Cooking / History. Food habits ; Dinners and dining. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:

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