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"Eat fish out of the sea and meat out of the skin" Food and dining in Petre Hektorović's works

Natalia Stagl-Škaro orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8500-4785 ; Odjel za komunikologiju Sveučilišta u Dubrovniku


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Abstract

Food and social eating have a special function both in everyday life and in religous
rites. Over time, a «table order« has developed, which all who want to join
must respect. The motif of food and drink is already present in the oldest literary
texts. Banquet descriptions and food symbolism changed after antiquity under the
influence of Christianity. In the post classical era they became either representational,
rural or monastery. Petre Hektorovic (1487 – 1572) goes another holistic way.
In Fishing and fishermen’s conversation food, wine and conversations at the table
are everywhere. Hektorovic’s interest in the people, their language and literature
manifests itself also in the way that he uses food motifs in his texts. This paper
analyzes said motif from an interdisciplinary point of view. History, philosophy,
anthropology and related disciplines connected to the new field of research ‟food
studies« are applied for this purpose. A contextual review of Hektorović’s work, as
well as an overview of its structure, a description of ancient intertextual topoi and
historical and cultural-anthropological links with Hektorović’s motifs of food and
dining are given.

Keywords

food; Petre Hektorović; Fishing and fishermen’s conversations; commensality; Croatian renaissance; food studies

Hrčak ID:

314763

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/314763

Publication date:

26.2.2024.

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