{"product_id":"bread-for-the-living-bread-for-the-dead","title":"Bread for the Living, Bread for the Dead","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"article\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBread for the Living, Bread for the Dead g\u003c\/em\u003eathers eight perspectives on the role of bread in human culture. The focus is the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Each piece is a personal reflection, not part of a shared thesis or method.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe contributors work come from a wide range of disciplines: film, curation, anthropology, fiction, translation studies, art history, sociology, and conservation. That range shows up in how differently each approaches the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOne piece draws together the words of Sumerian farmers from nearly four thousand years ago and twentieth-century migrant wheat harvesters in Turkey. Another describes Sardinian \u003cem\u003ecarasau\u003c\/em\u003e bread: so thin and crisp that making it properly takes at least three women working in coordination. Done right, it can last for months in a shepherd's satchel. Still others explain the five loaves prepared for memorial services in Greek Orthodox villages, or a reverence for bread so absolute that a dropped piece must be picked up, blown on, crossed, kissed, and eaten. No crumb is spit out. No bread is ever thrown away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost of these perspectives come from outside the usual American and Western European frame. That's part of what makes the collection distinct.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback. Photographs and line drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Idea Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839413559429,"sku":"Alexander Strecker, editor","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/BreadForTheLivingCover1.jpg?v=1789326420","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/bread-for-the-living-bread-for-the-dead","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}