Eat Not this Flesh

Eat Not this Flesh
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 568
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ISBN-10 : 029914254X
ISBN-13 : 9780299142544
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Book Synopsis Eat Not this Flesh by : Frederick J. Simoons

Download or read book Eat Not this Flesh written by Frederick J. Simoons and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the use and avoidance of flesh foods, including beef, pork, chicken, and eggs, camel, dog, horse, and fish, from antiquity to the present day. Simoons finds that the recurrent theme of maintaining ritual purity, good health, and well-being underlies diet habits. He emphasizes that only a full range of factors can explain eating patterns, and stresses the interplay of religious, moral, hygienic, ecological, and economic factors in the context of human culture. From publisher description.


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