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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... coffee a day . Ten pounds of rice or flour cost about $ 1.50 . No longer able to eat well , many of the turtlemen subsist almost exclusively on carbohydrates and coffee , which at least take away their hunger . Traditionally among the ...
... coffee a day . Ten pounds of rice or flour cost about $ 1.50 . No longer able to eat well , many of the turtlemen subsist almost exclusively on carbohydrates and coffee , which at least take away their hunger . Traditionally among the ...
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... coffee in many places is particularly surprising in light of such adverse effects as difficulty in falling asleep , bad dreams , an increase in urination , and anxiety . Even so , wherever coffee is drunk , people go out of their way to ...
... coffee in many places is particularly surprising in light of such adverse effects as difficulty in falling asleep , bad dreams , an increase in urination , and anxiety . Even so , wherever coffee is drunk , people go out of their way to ...
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... coffee is not a custom , people seek out other plants that contain caffeine . In parts of the Orient and Europe , people are addicted to tea ( which is equally bitter and which , contrary to the usual belief , contains nearly the same ...
... coffee is not a custom , people seek out other plants that contain caffeine . In parts of the Orient and Europe , people are addicted to tea ( which is equally bitter and which , contrary to the usual belief , contains nearly the same ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
Copyright | |
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