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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They feed the prisoner well and keep him for a time while they prepare the pots
which are to contain their drink . . . . When all is ready they fix the day of his death
and invite the savages from the neighbouring villages to be present .
They feed the prisoner well and keep him for a time while they prepare the pots
which are to contain their drink . . . . When all is ready they fix the day of his death
and invite the savages from the neighbouring villages to be present .
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Naturally the Jesuits tried to stop the slaughter of prisoners . Again and again
they relate how they personally confiscated cooked or smoked human flesh or
whole bodies that were about to be cooked , and rescued or baptized prisoners
who ...
Naturally the Jesuits tried to stop the slaughter of prisoners . Again and again
they relate how they personally confiscated cooked or smoked human flesh or
whole bodies that were about to be cooked , and rescued or baptized prisoners
who ...
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Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. throughout the year at which as many
as 100 prisoners were sacrificed at a time , the priests killed much larger
numbers at intervals to commemorate major historical events such as military
victories ...
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. throughout the year at which as many
as 100 prisoners were sacrificed at a time , the priests killed much larger
numbers at intervals to commemorate major historical events such as military
victories ...
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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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