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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... population provided the labor for an industrialization that would otherwise have been impossible . One phenomenon of modernization has been an increasingly rapid increase in population . In 1750 the total population of the world was ...
... population provided the labor for an industrialization that would otherwise have been impossible . One phenomenon of modernization has been an increasingly rapid increase in population . In 1750 the total population of the world was ...
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... population , making large families pos- sible because they provided a maximum of sustenance with a minimum of labor . The population of Ireland grew from just above three million in 1754 to more than eight million in 1845 . Then a ...
... population , making large families pos- sible because they provided a maximum of sustenance with a minimum of labor . The population of Ireland grew from just above three million in 1754 to more than eight million in 1845 . Then a ...
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... population , than is the simple sharing of hunter - gatherers — but it works only when a powerful individual , a redistributor with a large following , can coordinate the efforts . Competitive feasting increases production and thus ...
... population , than is the simple sharing of hunter - gatherers — but it works only when a powerful individual , a redistributor with a large following , can coordinate the efforts . Competitive feasting increases production and thus ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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