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Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe: A functional study of nutrition amond the southern Bantu

By Audrey I. Richards

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
ISBN
0415320119, 9780415320115
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
52 MB (54094851 bytes)
Series
Routledge Classic Ethnographies
Pages
xxvi + 238\266
Time added
2020-06-26 10:33:44
AfricaAnthropologyfoodFood HabitsNguni peopleNutritionSocial life and customsSouthern Africa

Description

Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'. When it was first published in 1932, with a preface by Malinowski, it laid the groundwork for sociological theory of nutrition. Richards was also among the first anthropologists to establish women's lives and the social sphere as legitimate subjects for anthropological study. ** Ch. 1. History of the problem -- ch. 2. Human relationships and nutritive needs -- ch. 3. Food and family sentiment in Bantu society -- ch. 4. Food production and incentives to work -- ch. 5. Kinship sentiment and economic organization -- ch. 6. Economic functions of the clan and tribe -- ch. 7. Food as a symbol.

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