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Viktoria Von Hoffman - From Gluttony to Enlightenment - 9780252040641 - V9780252040641
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From Gluttony to Enlightenment

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Description for From Gluttony to Enlightenment Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Scorned since antiquity as low and animal, the sense of taste is celebrated today as an ally of joy, a source of adventure, and an arena for pursuing sophistication. The French exalted taste as an entrée to ecstasy, and revolutionized their cuisine and language to express this new way of engaging with the world.

Viktoria von Hoffmann explores four kinds of early modern texts--culinary, medical, religious, and philosophical--to follow taste's ascent from the sinful to the beautiful. Combining food studies and sensory history, she takes readers on an odyssey that redefined a fundamental human experience. Scholars and cooks rediscovered a vast array of ways to prepare and present foods. Far-sailing fleets returned to Europe bursting with new vegetables, exotic fruits, and pungent spices. Hosts refined notions of hospitality in the home while philosophers pondered the body and its perceptions. As von Hoffmann shows, these labors produced a sea change in perception and thought, one that moved taste from the base realm of the tongue to the ethereal heights of aesthetics.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Sensory History
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040641
SKU
V9780252040641
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About Viktoria Von Hoffman
Viktoria von Hoffmann is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège.

Reviews for From Gluttony to Enlightenment
"[An] engaging history of a neglected sense."
French Studies: A Quarterly Review "Hoffmann's volume takes us on a great journey that, ultimately, explores that which makes us human. An impressive and nuanced study, it is, above all, a worthy addition to the expanding menu of sensory studies."
Social History   "Von Hoffman writes with crossdisciplinary dexterity, fusing history, sociology, theology, philosophy, and economics in her scrupulously researched monograph."
Santa Fe New Mexican  

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