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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Why is cow protection "the central fact of Hinduism"? Most major religions regard
cattle as good to eat. Why is Hinduism different? Both politics and religion
obviously play a role in reinforcing and perpetuating the beef and slaughter
taboos, but ...
Why is cow protection "the central fact of Hinduism"? Most major religions regard
cattle as good to eat. Why is Hinduism different? Both politics and religion
obviously play a role in reinforcing and perpetuating the beef and slaughter
taboos, but ...
Page 110
In fact, as we'll see, beef consumption in the United States substantially
surpassed pork consumption for the first time only in the 1950s. The challenge
which must be met is not merely why Americans think beef is good to eat but why
there is ...
In fact, as we'll see, beef consumption in the United States substantially
surpassed pork consumption for the first time only in the 1950s. The challenge
which must be met is not merely why Americans think beef is good to eat but why
there is ...
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An essential fact to be kept in mind is that milk itself (unless enriched) does not
contain significant amounts of vitamin D. Why should it? It contains lactose, which
by itself is capable of substituting for vitamin D in enhancing the absorption of the
...
An essential fact to be kept in mind is that milk itself (unless enriched) does not
contain significant amounts of vitamin D. Why should it? It contains lactose, which
by itself is capable of substituting for vitamin D in enhancing the absorption of the
...
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Contents
ONe Good to Think or Good to Eat? I3 | 19 |
three The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
FOUR The Abominable Pig | 67 |
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| Title | Good to eat: riddles of food and culture |
| Author | Marvin Harris |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Length | 289 pages |
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