Heroic Feasting
Location
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
1-10-2015 10:00 AM
Description
No, this isn’t a presentation on eating competitions! Indeed, one could say it’s an anti-competitive-eating talk, or rather that Dr. Monteverde will be examining the role feasting plays in establishing and maintaining community in heroic literature. She will also be looking at how such communal gatherings can serve as occasions for both war- and peace-making because of the way in which they prompt storytelling, boasting, celebration, and memorializing—with surprisingly little emphasis on the actual food consumed. Join Dr. Monteverde to learn why the consumption of food in a communal setting has traditionally been so much more than an occasion for gluttony.
Recommended Citation
Monteverde, Maggie, "Heroic Feasting" (2015). Humanities Symposium. 17.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2015/2015/17
Heroic Feasting
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
No, this isn’t a presentation on eating competitions! Indeed, one could say it’s an anti-competitive-eating talk, or rather that Dr. Monteverde will be examining the role feasting plays in establishing and maintaining community in heroic literature. She will also be looking at how such communal gatherings can serve as occasions for both war- and peace-making because of the way in which they prompt storytelling, boasting, celebration, and memorializing—with surprisingly little emphasis on the actual food consumed. Join Dr. Monteverde to learn why the consumption of food in a communal setting has traditionally been so much more than an occasion for gluttony.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Academic Lecture