Of Tripod and Palate
Roel . Ed(S): Sterckx
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Hardback. Editor(s): Sterckx, Roel. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Attitudes toward food and commensality constituted a central fiber in the social, religious, and political fabric of ancient Chinese society. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in each of China's three main religious traditions: the Classicist (Confucian) tradition, religious Daoism, and Buddhism. What links late Shang and Zhou bronze vessels to Buddhist dietary codes or Daoist recipes for immortality is a poignant testimony that culinary activity - fasting and feasting - governed not only human relationships but also fermented the communication between humans and ... Read more
Attitudes toward food and commensality constituted a central fiber in the social, religious, and political fabric of ancient Chinese society. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in each of China's three main religious traditions: the Classicist (Confucian) tradition, religious Daoism, and Buddhism. What links late Shang and Zhou bronze vessels to Buddhist dietary codes or Daoist recipes for immortality is a poignant testimony that culinary activity - fasting and feasting - governed not only human relationships but also fermented the communication between humans and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403963376
SKU
V9781403963376
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99-15
About Roel . Ed(S): Sterckx
JAMES A. BENN Assistant Professor of Chinese Religions at Arizona State University, USA ROBERT F. CAMPANY Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA CONSTANCE COOK Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature and Director of Asian Studies at Lehigh University, USA VINCENT GOOSSAERT Researcher at the CNRS and Vice-Director of the Groupe ... Read more
Reviews for Of Tripod and Palate
"This is a highly successful book. In it, we find new insights from a remarkable range of international specialists on the significance of food in religion, political theory, social order, medicine, and human physiology, and how people in pre-modern China made their choices on what to eat and what not to eat." - Robert Chard, Institute for ... Read more