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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Meanwhile , to the north , there remained many pagan peoples , from Poles to
Icelanders , who continued to practice their ancient customs with regard to animal
sacrifice and who slaughtered horses and consumed horseflesh . With their ...
Meanwhile , to the north , there remained many pagan peoples , from Poles to
Icelanders , who continued to practice their ancient customs with regard to animal
sacrifice and who slaughtered horses and consumed horseflesh . With their ...
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PEOPLE EATING THE PUZZLE of cannibalism concerns the socially sanctioned
consumption of human flesh when other foods are available . I am not going to
explain the practice of people eating when the only food available is human flesh
.
PEOPLE EATING THE PUZZLE of cannibalism concerns the socially sanctioned
consumption of human flesh when other foods are available . I am not going to
explain the practice of people eating when the only food available is human flesh
.
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Rather , my point is that the practice of warfare cannibalism was a normal by -
product of prestate warfare and that the question that has to be answered is not
what impelled state societies to practice it but what impelled them not to practice
it .
Rather , my point is that the practice of warfare cannibalism was a normal by -
product of prestate warfare and that the question that has to be answered is not
what impelled state societies to practice it but what impelled them not to practice
it .
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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 |
EIGHT Small Things | 154 |
NINE Dogs Cats Dingoes and other Pets | 175 |
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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 | 12 Ago. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Largo | 289 páginas |
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