Food and Transformation : Imagery and Symbolism of Eating
Jackson, Eve
ISBN 10: 0919123759 ISBN 13: 9780919123755
Published by Inner City Books, 1996
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An in-depth exploration of the complex meanings attached to food and eating, this book offers a psychological insight into how they are expressed through dreams, myths, and customs. References in dreams and fantasies to particular foodstuffs can often be tracked to powerful individual and collective associations. The latter are deeply ingrained in culture and may hark back to experiences of Palaeolithic ancestors and beyond. By exploring the psychic background of food, the reader can begin to understand how the literal process of eating is affected by symbolic association, metamorphic attributions, and by the constant interplay between conscious and unconscious. The book draws on a wide range of sources such as mythical and biblical food references, as well as contemporary case studies.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Food and Transformation : Imagery and ...
Publisher: Inner City Books
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good