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Book SynopsisFeeds our need to understand human ecology by explaining the ways that cultures and political systems structure the edible environment.
Trade ReviewEveryone Eats is anthropology at its best, an exceptional blend of biological and cultural explanation that reveals our relationship with food and eating. Anderson's personal ethnographic experience as a nutritional anthropologist among cultures from around the world will leave the reader with a sense of wonderment about the fundamental human act of eating. Throughout the book Anderson develops a deep social conscience about the problems of overand under-nutritionthat face the world today -- Barrett P. Brenton,Associate Editor of The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Anderson's view of the relationship between the biological and the cultural is nicely provocative, and his rich personal fieldwork experiences greatly enliven the pages of Everyone Eats. -- Sidney W. Mintz,author of Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past
Plenty of cultural insights and background history lend to a survey particularly recommended for college-level students of anthropology and social science. * The Bookwatch, The Midwest Book Review *
Anderson’s book is a solid introduction to the anthropology of food for students and general readers. It is clear, well-written, spiced with interesting examples, and illustrated with many evocative photographs taken by the author and by Barbara Anderson. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *
Although intended for the general public and not as a textbook, this book is recommended for higher education, especially advanced courses * Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Everyone Eats Introduction to the Second Edition: One More Round 1. Obligatory Omnivores 2. Human Nutritional Needs 3. More Needs Than One 4. The Senses: Taste, Smell, and the Adapted Mind 5. Basics: Environment and Economy 6. Food and Traditional Medicine 7. Food as Pleasure 8. Food Classification and Communication 9. Me, Myself, and the Others: Food as Social Marker 10. Food and Religion 11. Change 12. Foods and Borders: Ethnicities, Cuisines, and Boundary Crossings 13. Feeding the World Appendix: Explaining It All: Nutritional Anthropology and Food Scholarship Notes References Index About the Author
