Throughout history, the slaughter and consumption of the pig has been the inspiration for role-playing and taboos, and at the center of practices that defined the boundaries between Christians and Jews. A provocative exploration of the pig in European culture and anti-Semitism, The Singular Beast chronicles the cultural and religious character of the pig--and details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans and the rituals that have been associated with it from the Middle Ages to today ...
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Throughout history, the slaughter and consumption of the pig has been the inspiration for role-playing and taboos, and at the center of practices that defined the boundaries between Christians and Jews. A provocative exploration of the pig in European culture and anti-Semitism, The Singular Beast chronicles the cultural and religious character of the pig--and details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans and the rituals that have been associated with it from the Middle Ages to today.
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New. An exploration of the pig in Judeo-Christian culture and European anti-semitism, this work chronicles its cultural and religious character. The author details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3: 5, . BIC Classification: HRC; JFC; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638. 1999. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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