Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb 9780231152501, 0231152507, 978-0-231-52693-7, 0231526938

"Do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with pears" goes the old saying. Intrigued by these words and

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English, Italian Pages 116 Year 2010

Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb
9780231152501, 0231152507, 978-0-231-52693-7, 0231526938

Author / Uploaded
Brombert
Beth A.
Montanari
Massimo

Table of contents :
Content: Title Page
Preface
Acknowledgments
One --
A Proverb to Decipher
Two --
A Wedding Announcement
Three --
Peasant Fare
Four --
When Rustic Food Becomes the Fashion
Five --
A Hard Road to Ennoblement
Six --
The Ideologyof Difference and Strategies of Appropriation
Seven --
A High-Born Fruit
Eight --
When Desire Conflicts with Health
Nine --
Peasants and Knights
Ten --
To Savor (To Know) / Taste (Good Taste)
Eleven --
How a Proverb Is Born
Twelve --
"Do Not Share Pears with Your Master"
References
Index
Copyright Page.

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