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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... woman , these prohibitions do not have to be enforced ; the women themselves react with horror at any sugges- tion that they might eat a prohibited food . Such beliefs , found in all cultures , seem to be foolish ; but they are ...
... woman , these prohibitions do not have to be enforced ; the women themselves react with horror at any sugges- tion that they might eat a prohibited food . Such beliefs , found in all cultures , seem to be foolish ; but they are ...
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... women living in societies in which milk and milk products are not consumed . Cultural attitudes toward other foods and methods of preparation do , however , often provide substitutes . In China , many expectant mothers express a craving ...
... women living in societies in which milk and milk products are not consumed . Cultural attitudes toward other foods and methods of preparation do , however , often provide substitutes . In China , many expectant mothers express a craving ...
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... women , becomes more understandable . Most of the slaves brought to North America came from West Africa , and in their new environment they continued to eat clay for both nu- tritional and cultural reasons . As the cotton plantations ...
... women , becomes more understandable . Most of the slaves brought to North America came from West Africa , and in their new environment they continued to eat clay for both nu- tritional and cultural reasons . As the cotton plantations ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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