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Los rituales en la mesaOrígenes, evolución, excentricidades y significado
En esta obra Visser dirige su sagaz mirada a cómo ponemos los alimentos sobre la mesa y a la forma en que los comemos. Explora ese momento revelador, vistoso y complejo en que nos reunimos para comer, y ofrece al lector ejemplos que van de los antiguos griegos a los modernos yuppies, de los caníbales a los fieles en la eucaristía, de las cenas formales a los pícnics. Este libro se detiene e…
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The Geometry of LoveSpace, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church
A "delightful" tour of Rome's St. Agnes Outside the Walls, examining the stories, rituals, and architecture of this seventeen-hundred-year-old building ( The Christian Science Monitor). In The Geometry of Love, acclaimed author Margaret Visser, the preeminent "anthropologist of everyday life," takes on the living history of the ancient church of St. Agnes. Examining every facet of the buildin…
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