Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of EatingHoughton Mifflin, 1980 - 279 páginas How 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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... peasant of Gambia in West Africa consumes various cereals ( most commonly rice , but also millet , sorghum , and maize ) as well as nuts , beans , green leaves , and fruits . This is not to say that the peasants prefer such a diet ...
... peasant of Gambia in West Africa consumes various cereals ( most commonly rice , but also millet , sorghum , and maize ) as well as nuts , beans , green leaves , and fruits . This is not to say that the peasants prefer such a diet ...
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... Peasants throughout Latin America , for example , assign all foods to a continuum ranging from " very hot " through " tem- perate " to " very cold , " but which has nothing to do with the actual temperature of the food and little to do ...
... Peasants throughout Latin America , for example , assign all foods to a continuum ranging from " very hot " through " tem- perate " to " very cold , " but which has nothing to do with the actual temperature of the food and little to do ...
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... Peasant leagues , 180 Peasants : Chinese , 69 ; Greek , 109 ; maladaptation of , 70-72 ; Mexican , 11 ; potato consumption of , 64 Peking cuisine , 193 Peking Man , cooking done by , 53 Peppers , in North American cuisine , 195. See ...
... Peasant leagues , 180 Peasants : Chinese , 69 ; Greek , 109 ; maladaptation of , 70-72 ; Mexican , 11 ; potato consumption of , 64 Peking cuisine , 193 Peking Man , cooking done by , 53 Peppers , in North American cuisine , 195. See ...
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The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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