| Description |
xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Introduction: the anthropology of food in Oceania and Southeast Asia Lenore Manderson; Part I. The Context of Diet: 1. Men, women, work, and group nutrition in a New guinea Mountain Ok society David Hyndman; 1. 'Land of milk and honey': the changing meaning of food to an Australian Aboriginal community Janice Reid; 3. Dietary change among Cook Islanders in New Zealand Thomas K. Fitzgerald; 4. Taro and timber: competing or complimentary ways to a food supply Nancy Pollock; Part II. Cultural Meaning and Perception: 5. 'The worst disease': the cultural definition of hunger in Kalauna Michael W. Young; 6. Food classification and restriction in Peninsular Malaysia: nature, culture, hot and cold? Lenore Manderson; 7. Classification of food from a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal point of view Julie Waddy; Part III. Infant Feeding Practice: 8. Infant feeding practice in Malaysia: the variables of choice Marianne Spiegel; 9. The children of Jyaka Enga: culture, diet, environment, and health in a Papua New Guinea Highland society, 1950-1960 Barry Shaw; 10. 'Australia's got the milk, we've got the problems': The Australian Dairy Corporation in Southeast Asia Kathy Robinson; Part IV. Research Method and Direction: 11. Dietary taboos in Java: myths, mysteries, and methodology Valerie J. Hull; 12. Social and nutritional context of 'ethnic foods': Malay examples Christine S. Wilson; 13. Human diets: a biological perspective Graham H. Pyke; Bibliography; Index |
| Analysis |
Oceania & South-east Asia Food - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [283]-308 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Southeast Asia.
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Ethnology -- Oceania.
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Food habits -- Southeast Asia.
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Food habits -- Oceania.
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Nutrition -- Social aspects -- Oceania.
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Nutrition -- Southeast Asia.
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Nutrition -- Oceania.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117018
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Oceania -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116423
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| Author |
Manderson, Lenore.
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| LC no. |
85029957 |
| ISBN |
0521323541 |
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