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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... societies learn to forage on their own for tidbits of food . In modern societies they may do so by searching in the cupboard or by begging , but in simpler societies children go out looking for wild fruits and berries , in- sects , and ...
... societies learn to forage on their own for tidbits of food . In modern societies they may do so by searching in the cupboard or by begging , but in simpler societies children go out looking for wild fruits and berries , in- sects , and ...
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... societies by some kind of initiation rite . Initiation ceremonies sometimes involve circumcision and the revelation of hitherto secret knowl- edge ; almost always they entail a change in diet and the relaxa- tion of previous taboos — as ...
... societies by some kind of initiation rite . Initiation ceremonies sometimes involve circumcision and the revelation of hitherto secret knowl- edge ; almost always they entail a change in diet and the relaxa- tion of previous taboos — as ...
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... societies . Only certain cuts of meat from a very limited number of animal species are for sale in even a large ... societies are not necessarily starving when they eat what North Americans and Europeans would deem repulsive . The foods ...
... societies . Only certain cuts of meat from a very limited number of animal species are for sale in even a large ... societies are not necessarily starving when they eat what North Americans and Europeans would deem repulsive . The foods ...
Contents
The Biological Baseline | 17 |
The Emerging Human Pattern | 40 |
Eating as Cultural Adaptation | 57 |
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