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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Even the dictionary says so : “ pet : A domesticated animal kept for pleasure
rather than utility . ” But there is ... The denial of useful functions to pets is totally at
odds with the evolutionary history of the most popular pet species . Dogs , cats ,
and ...
Even the dictionary says so : “ pet : A domesticated animal kept for pleasure
rather than utility . ” But there is ... The denial of useful functions to pets is totally at
odds with the evolutionary history of the most popular pet species . Dogs , cats ,
and ...
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It is because they are proxy humans that pets help us to overcome the anonymity
and lack of social community engendered by big - city life . As proxy humans ,
they can “ stir the dead air ” of empty apartments , and give countless single
people ...
It is because they are proxy humans that pets help us to overcome the anonymity
and lack of social community engendered by big - city life . As proxy humans ,
they can “ stir the dead air ” of empty apartments , and give countless single
people ...
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They are bringing pets into psychiatric wards and finding that patients who will
not talk to people will talk to dogs , cats , and ... Pet - assisted therapies are also
making their mark in nursing and retirement homes where loneliness ,
depression ...
They are bringing pets into psychiatric wards and finding that patients who will
not talk to people will talk to dogs , cats , and ... Pet - assisted therapies are also
making their mark in nursing and retirement homes where loneliness ,
depression ...
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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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