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Food and Eating: An Anthropological Perspective

Feb 15, 2016

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Food and Eating: An Anthropological Perspective. We have to eat; we like to eat. A profoundly social urge: food is almost always shared. Nutrition plays only a small part in our food choices. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Page 1: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

Food and Eating:An Anthropological Perspective

Page 2: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

We have to eat; we like to eat

Page 3: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

A profoundly social urge:food is almost always shared

Page 4: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

Nutrition plays only a small part in our food choices

Page 5: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

All cultures go to considerable lengths to obtain preferred foods; ignore valuable food sources close at

hand

Page 6: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

What we eat becomes a most powerful symbol of who we are

Page 7: Food and  Eating: An  Anthropological Perspective

Food identification:ethnic, religious, class