Il cibo dell'altro
Regimi e codici alimentari nell'Anabasi di Senofonte
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4082580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Tripodi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-58 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pallas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/palla.1995.1359 |
| OpenAlex | W2415827541 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper the food theme in the Anabasis is considered as a means of communication between different cultures. In spite of Xenophon's direct approach to the barbarians, actually his account of their food is constantly conditioned by his own food code, and is marked by a strong ethnocentrism also passed off as extocisim. Xenophon's alimentary ethnocentrism is a perfect expression of the Hellenic cultural pattern worked out during the 5th century, whose anthropological taxonomy - based on the Greek leadership - sentenced the barbarians to a condition of alienation and inferiority, both natural and cultural
Alienation · Ethnocentrism · Political science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |