Jeûner en Grèce

Abstract

If nutrition determines human relationships and transforms into a code to then represent them, to what extent do Lent and fasting in general, contribute to the formation of a social or even a national identity? Since any gastronomic practice is built both by social discourse and the societal framework what is the place of food across religious practices in the Greek Orthodox societies?Having as a starting point the new-Testament texts and patristic writings, in our communication we will try to see the reception of the food ban in the Greek society as it is reflected in the literature and is solidified in the popular tradition to characterize a region, a space, a culture. We will study how in the Greek world, different types of food constantly re-actualize the complex forms of social stratification through cultural issues and establish social relations and power games.

Keywords

• Lent
• Fasting
• Food
• Identity
• Greece
• Society