From polyvalence to segregation. Eating-and-drinking-together spaces, from 1759 to 1875.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to track the processes of specialization, division, and segregation of spaces of commensality in the city of Madrid from 1759 to 1875. A triad of variables is posed to analyse this evolution: the spatial-material dimension, the legal dimension, and the pragmatic dimension. it is expected a historical as well as a sociological detailing which keeps in mind the material natures of the social and the plural senses given to them.