Anthropology of Food

In the news . . .

• Why is cannibalism no longer a taboo subject? -- The Rio Times (12 August 2022)
  
  
• Why billions of people won't eat pork (or why we don't know) (13:10 ) -- Let's Cook History (26 October 2020)
  
  
• Are Beyond Burgers beyond Lent’s meat-free rules? Here’s what Philly’s archdiocese and others say -- The Philadelphia Inquirer (28 February 2020)
  
  
• Many Catholics question whether plant-based meat is Lent-friendly -- Aleteia (28 February 2020)
  
  
• Can Catholics eat the Impossible Burger during Lent? Sure — but it’s kind of missing the point, experts say -- The Washington Post (28 February 2020)
  
  
• Gross, Aaron S., Jody Myers, and Jordan D. Rosenblum (Eds.). 2020. Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food. NY: New York University Press.
  
  
• Cannibalism is common in the animal kingdom, but for humans it's the ultimate taboo -- PHYS (16 August 2019)
  
  
• People Ate Pork in the Middle East Until 1,000 B.C.—What Changed? -- Smithsonian (18 March 2015)
  
  
• Christianity Influences Meat Taboos in Amazon -- ScienceDaily (13 February 2013)
  
  
• Europe’s Horse Meat Scandal Casts Light on Food Taboo -- National Geographic News (12 February 2013)

• A fishy tale of Christianity in Ancient Rome -- Times Online (11 April 2009)
  
  
• Cooper, John. Eat and Be Satisfied: A Social History of Jewish Food. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1993.
  
  
• Essig, Mark. Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig. NY: Basic Books, 2015.
  
  
• Hedgepeth, William. The Hog Book. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1978.
  
  
• Horwitz, Richard P. Hog Ties: What Pigs Tell Us About America. NY: St. Martin's, 1998.
  
  
• Meyer-Rochow. Victor Benno. Food taboos: their origins and purposes. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 29 June 2009, 5:18 -- PubMed.gov
  
  
• Rogers Katharine M. Pork: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
  
  
• Ross, Eric B. "Food Taboos, Diet, and Hunting Strategy: The Adaptation to Animals in Amazon Cultural Ecology." Current Anthropology, Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 1978), pp. 1-36.
  
  
• Simoons, Frederick J. Eat not this flesh: food avoidances from prehistory to the present, 2^nd Ed. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994.
  
  
• Weiss, Brad. Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016.
  
  
• World Religions
  
  
  • Buddhist
  • Christianity
    • Catholic
      • Eucharist
      • Proscriptions
        • fasting
  • Hindu
  • Islam
    • Ramadan
    • Proscriptions
      • halal
      • Haraam
      • Islamic dietary laws
    • Food According to Quran and Sunnah -- Muttaqun OnLine
  • Jewish
    • Seder
    • Proscriptions
      
      
  • ritual anthropophagy see Anthropophagy