Food and the Rites of Passage

by Laura Mason

This book is the eleventh volume in the series 'Food and Society' produced by the Leeds Symposium on Food History. Prospect produced last year's proceedings, Feeding a City: York; this book is uniform with that. There are plentiful black and white illustrations throughout; the book is fully indexed and annotated. BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, CHILDBIRTH, DEATH: these are the milestones of life, invariably marked by a feast or comforting rituals founded on food...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190301817X
• ISBN13: 9781903018170
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Prospect Books (UK)
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 10.2"