Description
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.Author: Scott Cutler Shershow
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 07/28/2016
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.40h x 4.60w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781501307447
ISBN10: 1501307444
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science | Public Poli
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Media Studies
About the Author
Scott Cutler Shershow is Professor of English at University of California, Davis, USA. He is the author of five books, including Deconstructing Dignity: A Critique of the Right-to-Die Debate (2014).