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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... infant's mouth . Several hours later the infant is given the breast and from then on crying for any cause is interpreted as a desire for milk . After five days a feast is held for kin and friends to celebrate the infant's survival — a ...
... infant's mouth . Several hours later the infant is given the breast and from then on crying for any cause is interpreted as a desire for milk . After five days a feast is held for kin and friends to celebrate the infant's survival — a ...
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... infant's nutritional needs , just as whale milk which is laden with fats suitable for mammals that live in cold water specifically fills the different needs of infant whales . Human milk also furnishes the infant with antibodies from ...
... infant's nutritional needs , just as whale milk which is laden with fats suitable for mammals that live in cold water specifically fills the different needs of infant whales . Human milk also furnishes the infant with antibodies from ...
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... infants are extremely sensitive to aromas : At the age of six weeks an infant can dis- tinguish the breast of its mother from that of any other woman by its odor . The associations made in childhood of tastes and aromas with emotional ...
... infants are extremely sensitive to aromas : At the age of six weeks an infant can dis- tinguish the breast of its mother from that of any other woman by its odor . The associations made in childhood of tastes and aromas with emotional ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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