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.
| ISBN: | 9781501307447 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2016 |
| Author: | Scott Cutler Shershow |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: food and society Popular culture Media studies Social and cultural anthropology Cultural studies Social and cultural history Philosophy: aesthetics Baking Literary theory General and world history |
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.
Bread features in the following genres: Cultural studies: food and society, Popular culture, Media studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies, Social and cultural history, Philosophy: aesthetics, Baking, Literary theory, General and world history
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Bread was written by Scott Cutler Shershow and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Bread has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Object Lessons series
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