Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of EatingHow people eat reveals to an astonishing degree all of the other qualities of their society. A look at an American fast-food restaurant is as diagnostic of culture as a New Guinea headhunter's shopping list of edible relatives. Beginning with an explanation of what happens to a steak dinner--and to you--when you eat it, Farb constructs a fascinating demonstration of the connections between eating habits and human behavior, explaining, for example, why Bantu society would unravel without beer, why Chinese don't drink milkshakes, and why Moslems and Jews abhor pork. |
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... species of plants that grow there ; yet the bulk of their nourishment is derived from the few species they prefer to eat . Despite such preferences , nonhuman primates maintain their flex- ibility in choosing foods , which indicates ...
... species of plants that grow there ; yet the bulk of their nourishment is derived from the few species they prefer to eat . Despite such preferences , nonhuman primates maintain their flex- ibility in choosing foods , which indicates ...
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... species are known to be edible , only about six hundred of these are cultivated , and virtually no plants of importance for food have been added to the list of domesticated species for thousands of years . Although humans share many ...
... species are known to be edible , only about six hundred of these are cultivated , and virtually no plants of importance for food have been added to the list of domesticated species for thousands of years . Although humans share many ...
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... species- cattle , sheep , goats , and swine - that had proved so valuable in the Old World . Those species potentially capable of being domesticated had died out in the New World , as a result of environmental changes and probably also ...
... species- cattle , sheep , goats , and swine - that had proved so valuable in the Old World . Those species potentially capable of being domesticated had died out in the New World , as a result of environmental changes and probably also ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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