| The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, and the Pig Revised Edition Contributor(s): Volk, Carol (Translator), Fabre-Vassas, Claudine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231103670 ISBN-13: 9780231103671 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: -- "New Republic" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 398.369 |
| Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.12" W x 9.22" (1.37 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |