ISBN:
0203283929
,
9780203283929
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (x, 261 pages)
,
illustrations
Paralleltitel:
Print version Meat
DDC:
394.1
Schlagwort(e):
Food Symbolic aspects
;
Meat
;
Food habits
;
Food preferences
;
Carnivora
;
Meat industry and trade
;
Food Symbolic aspects
;
Food preferences
;
Carnivora
;
Meat industry and trade
;
Food habits
;
Food Symbolic aspects
;
Meat
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
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Carnivora
;
Food habits
;
Food preferences
;
Food ; Symbolic aspects
;
Meat
;
Meat industry and trade
;
Vlees
;
Vleesindustrie
;
Gewoonten
;
Voedingsgewoonten
;
Symboliek
;
Ernährung
;
Ernährungsgewohnheit
;
Fleisch
;
Geschichte
;
Symbolik
;
Viande
;
Alimentation ; Aspect religieux
;
Préférences alimentaires
;
Habitudes alimentaires
;
Cannibalisme
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Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Hochschulschrift
Kurzfassung:
Food = meat -- A brief history of meat eating -- A matter of taste -- More than a meal -- Evolution and elevation -- The power of meat -- The barbarity of meat -- The reluctant cannibal -- Pets and other grey animals -- The joy of sex -- Economics -- Health -- Ethics -- Ecology -- Conclusions
Kurzfassung:
This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; why vegetarianism is increasing; why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with environmental destruction
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index. - Print version record
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