Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of EatingHow people eat reveals to an astonishing degree all of the other qualities of their society. A look at an American fast-food restaurant is as diagnostic of culture as a New Guinea headhunter's shopping list of edible relatives. Beginning with an explanation of what happens to a steak dinner--and to you--when you eat it, Farb constructs a fascinating demonstration of the connections between eating habits and human behavior, explaining, for example, why Bantu society would unravel without beer, why Chinese don't drink milkshakes, and why Moslems and Jews abhor pork. |
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... cultural village in Gambia , West Africa , shows how little would be gained . Instead of the twenty food - producers in the San camp , this village had 334 , as well as a better climate for plant growth and a more complex technology ...
... cultural village in Gambia , West Africa , shows how little would be gained . Instead of the twenty food - producers in the San camp , this village had 334 , as well as a better climate for plant growth and a more complex technology ...
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... Cultural Evolution . " In Handbook of Social and Cultural Anthro- pology edited by John J. Honigmann ( Chicago : Rand McNally , pp . 143-178 ) . ANDERSON , E. N. , JR . 1977. " On an Early Interpretation of India's Sacred Cattle ...
... Cultural Evolution . " In Handbook of Social and Cultural Anthro- pology edited by John J. Honigmann ( Chicago : Rand McNally , pp . 143-178 ) . ANDERSON , E. N. , JR . 1977. " On an Early Interpretation of India's Sacred Cattle ...
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... Cultural Historical View . " BioScience , vol . 28 , pp . 178–184 . 1976. " Food Habits as Influenced by Human Culture : Approaches in Anthropology and Geography . " In Appetite and Food Intake edited by Trevor Silverstone ( Berlin , W ...
... Cultural Historical View . " BioScience , vol . 28 , pp . 178–184 . 1976. " Food Habits as Influenced by Human Culture : Approaches in Anthropology and Geography . " In Appetite and Food Intake edited by Trevor Silverstone ( Berlin , W ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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