Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureSimon and Schuster, 1985 - 289 páginas Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. |
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Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. CHAPTER EIGHT SMALL THINGS ASK EUROPEANS or Americans why they don't eat insects , and you can count on the answer : " Insects are disgusting , and full of germs . Ugh ! " The object of this ...
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. CHAPTER EIGHT SMALL THINGS ASK EUROPEANS or Americans why they don't eat insects , and you can count on the answer : " Insects are disgusting , and full of germs . Ugh ! " The object of this ...
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... CHAPTER ONE GOOD TO THINK OR GOOD TO EAT ? page 14 , line 18 Abrams 1983 page 15 , line 4 Fischler 1981 : 60 page 15 , line 9 Soler 1979 : 129 page 15 , line 12 Welsch 1981 : 369 CHAPTER TWO MEAT HUNGER page 19 , line 8 Kifner 1985 page ...
... CHAPTER ONE GOOD TO THINK OR GOOD TO EAT ? page 14 , line 18 Abrams 1983 page 15 , line 4 Fischler 1981 : 60 page 15 , line 9 Soler 1979 : 129 page 15 , line 12 Welsch 1981 : 369 CHAPTER TWO MEAT HUNGER page 19 , line 8 Kifner 1985 page ...
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... CHAPTER FOUR THE ABOMINABLE PIG page 67 , line 4 Bondi 1982 : 209 page 67 , line 13 Towne and Wentworth 1950 : 7 page 74 , line 15 Pond and Maner 1984 page 75 , line 17 Clutton - Brock 1981 : 72 page 75 , line 29 Epstein 1971 , vol . 2 ...
... CHAPTER FOUR THE ABOMINABLE PIG page 67 , line 4 Bondi 1982 : 209 page 67 , line 13 Towne and Wentworth 1950 : 7 page 74 , line 15 Pond and Maner 1984 page 75 , line 17 Clutton - Brock 1981 : 72 page 75 , line 29 Epstein 1971 , vol . 2 ...
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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