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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... offered cakes marked with the horns of sacrificial oxen to the goddess of the moon , and the Phoenicians presented horn - imprinted cakes to Astarte , the goddess of fertility . The horns were later modified into the form of a cross to ...
... offered cakes marked with the horns of sacrificial oxen to the goddess of the moon , and the Phoenicians presented horn - imprinted cakes to Astarte , the goddess of fertility . The horns were later modified into the form of a cross to ...
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... offering food or abstaining from it are symbolic ways in all societies of showing devotion to supernatural powers . Al- though an offering might be considered the same as a gift , the two differ . First , an offering implies unequal ...
... offering food or abstaining from it are symbolic ways in all societies of showing devotion to supernatural powers . Al- though an offering might be considered the same as a gift , the two differ . First , an offering implies unequal ...
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... offered until the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70 ; they were commonplace during the time of Jesus , who made no objection to them . For the Bantu peoples of southern Africa , a sacrifice might con- sist of flour or beer ...
... offered until the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70 ; they were commonplace during the time of Jesus , who made no objection to them . For the Bantu peoples of southern Africa , a sacrifice might con- sist of flour or beer ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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