Food and the Status Quest

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1997
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Verlag)
978-1-57181-123-3 (ISBN)

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This book brings together contributions from different disciplines to investigate, from ethological and anthropological perspectives, behaviour that appears to have biological roots such as the tendency to seek status through the medium of food.

The use of food to negotiate status is found in all human societies. Here, for the first time, a single book brings together contributions from different disciplines to investigate, from ethological and anthropological perspectives, behavior that appears to have biological roots such as the tendency to seek status through the medium of food. It explores the limits that our biological heritage places on cultural expressions of such behavior, as well as the multiplicity of ways in which biologically based tendencies can be transformed by culture. Finally, it addresses the impact of status-seeking on nutritional programs in developing countries.

Polly Wiessner and Wulf Schiefenhövel are Senior Research Fellows at the Forschungsstellefür Humanethologie, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1997
Reihe/Serie	Anthropology of Food & Nutrition
Zusatzinfo	41 Plates, unspecified; 41 Tables, unspecified; 41 Figures
Verlagsort	Herndon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-57181-123-0 / 1571811230
ISBN-13	978-1-57181-123-3 / 9781571811233
Zustand	Neuware