Much Depends On Dinner / The way we are ; Margaret Visser,

Much Depends On Dinner / The way we are ; Margaret Visser,

-Much Depends On Dinner ;

Looking at the history, mythology, and even the technology of basic foodstuffs, the author puts the whole business of food and eating into a new perspective. Her intention is to make people aware that what they find on their plate reflects their history, culture and everyday life.
1986 mcClelland and Stewart
linnen 350 pp
dik boek hardh

-The way we are new hardcover book
A collection of essays which dissects the whos, the whats, and the wherefores of the ways we live and examines our origins, eccentricities and foibles. What constitutes an initiation rite in our society? Why are we so squeamish about eating offal? What are we to make of the Easter Bunny (a male rodent, remember, that produces eggs)? and what are the unsavory implications of Santa Claus? Each one of a wide variety of ordinary objects and typical behavioural habits is made to yield up what it has to tell us about the way we are, and how we became this way. The essays present a portrait of ourselves, and aims to promote thought on what exactly it means to be modern.
isbn 0670866806 1994
uitg viking 30.1.1. hardh