Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureWaveland Press, 1998 M07 2 - 289 páginas Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, best-selling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the worlds major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the worlds gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that its bad to eat people but good to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. |
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... Moslems abominate pork, and Americans barely avoid retching at the thought of dog stew, one can be sure that something beyond mere digestive physiology is shaping the definition of what's good to eat. That other something is a people's ...
... Moslems have been whipping up communal strife with stereotypes of Moslems as cow-killers and Hindus as tyrants bent on forcing everyone to accept their peculiar foodways. The fact that the raj from England was an even more prodigal cow ...
... Moslems whose religion does not inhibit them from such activities and who as a result enjoy a lucrative monopoly over the slaughter business. Moslems, Christians, and lower-caste Hindus purchase a considerable amount of cattle flesh ...
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The Abominable Pig
| 67 |
Hippophagy
| 88 |
Holy Beef USA
| 109 |
Lactophiles and Lactophobes Milk Lovers and Milk Haters
| 130 |
Small Things
| 154 |
Dogs Cats Dingoes and Other Pets
| 175 |
People Eating
| 199 |
Better to Eat
| 235 |
References | 249 |
Bibliography | 258 |
Index | 275 |