Shared wealth and symbol : food, culture, and society in Oceania and Southeast Asia /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. |
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| Description: | xii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/781094 |
Table of Contents:
- List of tables and figures
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction: the anthropology of food in Oceania and Southeast Asia
- Part I. The Context of Diet
- 1. Men, women, work, and group nutrition in a New guinea Mountain Ok society
- 1. 'Land of milk and honey': the changing meaning of food to an Australian Aboriginal community
- 3. Dietary change among Cook Islanders in New Zealand
- 4. Taro and timber: competing or complimentary ways to a food supply
- Part II. Cultural Meaning and Perception
- 5. 'The worst disease': the cultural definition of hunger in Kalauna
- 6. Food classification and restriction in Peninsular Malaysia: nature, culture, hot and cold?
- 7. Classification of food from a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal point of view
- Part III. Infant Feeding Practice
- 8. Infant feeding practice in Malaysia: the variables of choice
- 9. The children of Jyaka Enga: culture, diet, environment, and health in a Papua New Guinea Highland society, 1950-1960
- 10. 'Australia's got the milk, we've got the problems': The Australian Dairy Corporation in Southeast
- Part IV. Research Method and direction
- 11. Dietary taboos in Java: myths, mysteries, and methodology
- 12. Social and nutritional context of 'ethnic foods': Malay examples
- 13. Human diets: a biological perspective
- Bibliography
- Index