To what extent, and in what ways, was Roman religion encoded within and understood through the human body and its engagement with objects in the performance of religious rituals? How did ‘thinking thr
From Pharaonic Egypt to Roman Italy and from Classical Greece to the Byzantine world and beyond, the anatomical votive has performed a continuous, if only partially understood role in ritual and heali
Why We Eat, How We Eat maps new terrains in thinking about relations between bodies and foods. With the central premise that food is both symbolic and material, the volume explores the intersections o
Deciding what to eat and how to eat it are two of the most basic acts of everyday life. Yet every choice also implies a value judgement: 'good' foods versus 'bad', 'proper' and 'improper' ways of eati
Deciding what to eat and how to eat it are two of the most basic acts of everyday life. Yet every choice also implies a value judgement: 'good' foods versus 'bad', 'proper' and 'improper' ways of eati
Critically reflecting on the interplays between food and care, this multidisciplinary volume asks a€?why do individuals, institutions and agencies care about what other people eat?a€? It explores how
