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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Take India , for example , and the most famous of all irrational foodways , the ban
on the slaughter of cattle and the consumption of beef . There is a section of India
' s federal constitution called the Directive Principles of State Policy which sets ...
Take India , for example , and the most famous of all irrational foodways , the ban
on the slaughter of cattle and the consumption of beef . There is a section of India
' s federal constitution called the Directive Principles of State Policy which sets ...
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Both politics and religion obviously play a role in reinforcing and perpetuating the
beef and slaughter taboos , but neither politics nor religion explains why cattle
slaughter and beef eating have achieved symbolic prominence . Why the cow ...
Both politics and religion obviously play a role in reinforcing and perpetuating the
beef and slaughter taboos , but neither politics nor religion explains why cattle
slaughter and beef eating have achieved symbolic prominence . Why the cow ...
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As part of a preindustrial agricultural system burdened with supporting a dense
population in reasonably good health , the Hindu ban on cattle slaughter and
beef consumption remains an asset rather than a liability . One of the principal ...
As part of a preindustrial agricultural system burdened with supporting a dense
population in reasonably good health , the Hindu ban on cattle slaughter and
beef consumption remains an asset rather than a liability . One of the principal ...
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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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