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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Page 180
... drinking . The former drinking habits of the Camba might appear un- usual , but in fact those typical of North America and Europe are the exception . Even in those simpler societies characterized by the frequent consumption of large ...
... drinking . The former drinking habits of the Camba might appear un- usual , but in fact those typical of North America and Europe are the exception . Even in those simpler societies characterized by the frequent consumption of large ...
Page 182
... drinking as well as to eating , so that , even though Jews may drink as frequently as the Irish or any ethnic group in the United States and Europe , they have an extremely low rate of alcoholism . These strictures were woven not only ...
... drinking as well as to eating , so that , even though Jews may drink as frequently as the Irish or any ethnic group in the United States and Europe , they have an extremely low rate of alcoholism . These strictures were woven not only ...
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... Drinking , social , 180 , 181. See also Alcohol Drinking bouts , social motivation of , 179-180 Drugs , and hunger pangs , 25 Duck , tabooed , 113 Dutch : cuisine of , 197 ; tea drinking of , 12 Dyes , 247n Eating : and evolution of ...
... Drinking , social , 180 , 181. See also Alcohol Drinking bouts , social motivation of , 179-180 Drugs , and hunger pangs , 25 Duck , tabooed , 113 Dutch : cuisine of , 197 ; tea drinking of , 12 Dyes , 247n Eating : and evolution of ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
Copyright | |
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