Meat

A Natural Symbol

Nick Fiddes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1992
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-08929-6 (ISBN)

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This 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; and how meat is associated with environmental decay.

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.

Nick Fiddes

Part I: Background 1. Food = Meat 2. A Brief History of Meat Eating 3. A Matter of Taste 4. More than a Meal Part II: Meat is Muscle 5. Evolution and Elevation 6. The Power of Meat 7. The Barbarity of Meat Part III: Mixed Meataphors 8. The Reluctant Cannibal 9. Pets and Other Grey Animals 10. The Joy of Sex Part IV: Modern Meatologies 11. Economics 12. Health 13. Ethics 14. Ecology 15. Conclusions

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1992
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-415-08929-8 / 0415089298
ISBN-13	978-0-415-08929-6 / 9780415089296
Zustand	Neuware