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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... become available is apparently a legacy from primate ancestors . But the preference for meat on the part of early humans could be indulged only to a limited degree in the absence of sophisti- cated tools and weapons , of domesticated ...
... become available is apparently a legacy from primate ancestors . But the preference for meat on the part of early humans could be indulged only to a limited degree in the absence of sophisti- cated tools and weapons , of domesticated ...
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... become aware of who eats with whom , and in what order , thereby defining the roles of the sexes and the age groups in Bantu society . They learn that they are prohibited from taking food from the pot in the presence of elders , and ...
... become aware of who eats with whom , and in what order , thereby defining the roles of the sexes and the age groups in Bantu society . They learn that they are prohibited from taking food from the pot in the presence of elders , and ...
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... become maladaptive , though , when such things as yogurt , wheat germ , honey , ginseng root , or massive supple- ments of certain vitamins become the equivalent of sacred sub- stances , health - food stores become tabernacles , and an ...
... become maladaptive , though , when such things as yogurt , wheat germ , honey , ginseng root , or massive supple- ments of certain vitamins become the equivalent of sacred sub- stances , health - food stores become tabernacles , and an ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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