Masculinities and diet
An analysis of skeletal material from the dominican priory in Medieval Västerås, Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6094570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elin Ahlin Sundman (0000-0002-9971-5000, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 95-111 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293652.2018.1483965 |
| OpenAlex | W2808725394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
Diet and consumption patterns are closely associated with social constructions, and can be used to express identity. In medieval Northern Europe, the consumption of meat seems to have been linked to strength and virility, which are important to the creation of elite lay masculinity. At the same time, religious masculinity required fasting due to the Christian Church’s prescribed abstinence from the meat of four-footed animals during fasting periods. Medieval masculinities expressed by diet will be discussed here in the light of the results of an analysis of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in samples gathered from 16 males and six females buried by the Dominican priory in Västerås, Sweden. The results indicate that a diet rich in freshwater fish was generally followed, with no significant differences depending on age, gender, socioeconomic or religious status
Art · Consumption (sociology) · Elite · Geography · Identity (music) · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Population · Religious identity · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Virility · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |