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Harris, Marvin

Good to eat

Abstract: Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences.


Titolo e contributi: Good to eat : riddles of food and culture / Marvin Harris

Pubblicazione: Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, stampa 1998

Descrizione fisica: 289 p ; 22 cm

ISBN: 1577660153

Data:1998

Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)

Paese: Stati Uniti d'America

Nomi: (Autore)

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  • Tipo di data: monografia edita in un solo anno
  • Data di pubblicazione: 1998

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