Bread
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Scott Cutler Shershow | ISBN: | 9781501307454 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | July 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic | Language: | English |
| Author: | Scott Cutler Shershow |
| ISBN: | 9781501307454 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | July 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Language: | English |
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Bread is an object that is always in process of becoming something else: flower to grain, grain to dough, dough to loaf, loaf to crumb. Bread is also often a figure or vehicle of social cohesion: from the homely image of "breaking bread together†? to the mysteries of the Eucharist. But bread also commonly figures in social conflict - sometimes literally, in the "bread riots†? that punctuate European history, and sometimes figuratively, in the ways bread operates as ethnic, religious or class signifier. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from the scriptures to modern pop culture, Bread tells the story of how this ancient and everyday object serves as a symbol for both social communion and social exclusion.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Bread is an object that is always in process of becoming something else: flower to grain, grain to dough, dough to loaf, loaf to crumb. Bread is also often a figure or vehicle of social cohesion: from the homely image of "breaking bread together†? to the mysteries of the Eucharist. But bread also commonly figures in social conflict - sometimes literally, in the "bread riots†? that punctuate European history, and sometimes figuratively, in the ways bread operates as ethnic, religious or class signifier. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from the scriptures to modern pop culture, Bread tells the story of how this ancient and everyday object serves as a symbol for both social communion and social exclusion.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
