Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of Eating

Front Cover\r......Page 1
Title Page\r......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
A NOTE TO THE READER......Page 6
PROLOGUE UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY AND CULTURE THROUGH EATING\r......Page 7
PART I EATING AND THE HUMAN ORGANISM\r......Page 20
CHAPTER 1 The Biological Baseline\r......Page 21
CHAPTER 2 The Emerging Human Pattern\r......Page 44
CHAPTER 3 Eating as Cultural Adaptation\r......Page 61
CHAPTER 4 The Life Passage\r......Page 77
PART II EATING AND THE WAYS OF HUMANKIND\r......Page 97
CHAPTER 5 Meal as Metaphor\r......Page 98
CHAPTER 6 Eat Not of Their Flesh\r......Page 113
CHAPTER 7 Foods for the Gods\r......Page 128
CHAPTER 8 The Feast and the Gift\r......Page 148
PART III THE PATTERNS OF EATING\r......Page 163
CHAPTER 9 Taste and Distaste\r......Page 164
CHAPTER 10 The Wisdom of Cuisine\r......Page 189
EPILOGUE HUNGER IN THE SOCIAL AND HUMAN BODY\r......Page 208
Acknowledgments......Page 224
Prologue: Understanding Society and Culture Through Eating......Page 225
1. The Biological Baseline\r......Page 227
2. The Emerging Human Pattern\r......Page 229
3. Eating as Cultural Adaptation\r......Page 231
4. The Life Passage......Page 232
5. Meal as Metaphor\r......Page 234
6. Eat Not ot Their Flesh\r......Page 235
7. Foods for the Gods......Page 237
9. Taste and Distaste......Page 239
10. The Wisdom ot Cuisine......Page 241
Epilogue: Hunger in the Social and Human Body......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 245
Index......Page 260