· 2014
Alcohol and its alternatives: symbol and substance in pre-industrial cultures
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- 2014year
Short summary
This paper argues that food and drink, particularly their serving and sharing, are fundamental to material culture and social structures in human domestic groups.
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Key points
- Food and drink are fundamental, short-lived media of material culture.
- Serving and sharing sustenance are central daily activities of human domestic groups.
- These practices shape family relationships and social classifications.
- They are also the origin of major metaphors in religious thinking.
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Abstract
Food and drink are the most fundamental, if short-lived, media of material culture. The serving and sharing of these essential elements make up one of the central daily activities of the human domestic group. It is the everyday practices of who provides sustenance for whom, and in what circumstances that give family relationships and social classifications their substance; and it is here, both through the provision of daily bread and the rarer occasions of sacrifice, that the major metaphors of religious thinking have their origin.
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