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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Page 210
One day many [of the men] from the villages where I teach went to war, and many
of them were killed by their enemies. In order to avenge themselves, they
returned [to the war] well prepared and treacherously killed many of their
enemies, ...
One day many [of the men] from the villages where I teach went to war, and many
of them were killed by their enemies. In order to avenge themselves, they
returned [to the war] well prepared and treacherously killed many of their
enemies, ...
Page 217
The governor of New France, Jacques Devonville, reported that after a battle with
the Seneca in 1687, the Huron ate the fallen enemy. "We witnessed the painful
sight of the usual cruelties of the savages who cut the dead into quarters, as in ...
The governor of New France, Jacques Devonville, reported that after a battle with
the Seneca in 1687, the Huron ate the fallen enemy. "We witnessed the painful
sight of the usual cruelties of the savages who cut the dead into quarters, as in ...
Page 231
At the same time that the lack of efficient alternative sources of animal food raised
the value of the enemy as "meat on the hoof," it lowered the value of the enemy
as serf, slave, and taxpayer. It did this in two ways. First, the absence of ...
At the same time that the lack of efficient alternative sources of animal food raised
the value of the enemy as "meat on the hoof," it lowered the value of the enemy
as serf, slave, and taxpayer. It did this in two ways. First, the absence of ...
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Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture |
| Author | Marvin Harris |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 12 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Length | 289 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural |
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