The Meaning of Meat and the Structure of the Odyssey
ISBN-13:
9781316506974
ISBN-10:
1316506975
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Egbert J. Bakker
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
206 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781316506974
ISBN-10:
1316506975
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Egbert J. Bakker
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
206 pages
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The Meaning of Meat and the Structure of the Odyssey (ISBN-13: 9781316506974 and ISBN-10: 1316506975), written by authors
Egbert J. Bakker, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016.
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This comprehensive study of the Odyssey sees in meat and meat consumption a centre of gravitation for the interpretation of the poem. It aims to place the cultural practices represented in the poem against the background of the (agricultural) lived reality of the poem's audiences in the archaic age, and to align the themes of the adventures in Odysseus' wanderings with the events that transpire at Ithaca in the hero's absence. The criminal meat consumption of the suitors of Penelope in the civilised space of Ithaca is shown to resonate with the adventures of Odysseus and his companions in the pre-cultural worlds they are forced to visit. The book draws on folklore studies, the anthropology of hunting cultures, the comparative study of oral traditions, and the agricultural history of archaic and classical Greece. It will also be of interest to narratologists and students of folklore and Homeric poetics.
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