The Rituals of Dinner [electronic resource] : The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners
Margaret Visser2017
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This is the book on the way we eat.
Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life,
Margaret Visser takes on the sweeping history of table manners, from the
civilizations of ancient Greece and medieval Europe to the way that technology
has altered, and continues to alter, our behaviour over dinner.
She writes of everything from cultural idiosyncrasies around preparation and
consumption, to the surprising origins of tableware - forks took eight centuries
to become common utensils, the plate began as a four-day-old slice of bread.
Blending folklore, history, and humour, this is a feast of fact and observation
on one of our most primal rituals: the meal.
Main title:
Author:
Margaret Visser, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (448 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241979389
Language:
English
BRN:
436443
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |