Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureThe anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods |
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No major world religion has ever urged its followers to practice veganism , nor
entirely banned the consumption of eggs and animal flesh from the diet of
ordinary people . Hindu foodways in this regard simply do not conform to popular
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No major world religion has ever urged its followers to practice veganism , nor
entirely banned the consumption of eggs and animal flesh from the diet of
ordinary people . Hindu foodways in this regard simply do not conform to popular
...
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... of the swarms . European farmers were not entirely free of other species of
locusts , but the European species seldom caused the widespread destruction of
crops and pasture characteristic of the regions where locust eating was often the
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... of the swarms . European farmers were not entirely free of other species of
locusts , but the European species seldom caused the widespread destruction of
crops and pasture characteristic of the regions where locust eating was often the
...
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These two modes of cannibal production have entirely different sets of costs and
benefits and hence cannot be subsumed under a single explanatory theory . (
Note that I have ruled out the peaceful acquisition of the bodies of strangers ...
These two modes of cannibal production have entirely different sets of costs and
benefits and hence cannot be subsumed under a single explanatory theory . (
Note that I have ruled out the peaceful acquisition of the bodies of strangers ...
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred | 47 |
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| Título | Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture |
| Autor | Marvin Harris |
| Editor | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 13 Ago. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Largo | 289 páginas |
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