viii, 294 p. : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index

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Food and the Status Quest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (Anthropology of Food and Nutrition)

Pauline Wilson Wiessner; Polly Wiessner; Wulf Schiefenhovel; Wulf Schiefenhövel

edited by Polly Wiessner and Wulf Schiefenhövel

Providence [RI, 1998

Providence, RI, 1995

February 1996

1, 1996

obscured text on back cover inherent

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Use Of Food To Negotiate Status Is Found In All Human Societies. Here, For The First Time, A Single Book Brings Together Contributions From Different Disciplines To Investigate, From Ethological And Anthropological Perspectives, Behaviour That Appears To Have Biological Roots Such As The Tendency To Seek Status Through The Medium Of Food. It Explores The Limits That Our Biological Heritage Places On Cultural Expressions Of Such Behaviour, As Well As The Multiplicity Of Ways In Which Biologically Based Tendencies Can Be Transformed By Culture. Finally, It Addresses The Impact Of Status-seeking On Nutritional Programmes In Developing Countries--book Jacket. Food, Status, Culture, And Nature / Polly Wiessner -- The Ethnological Bases Of Status Hierarchies / Barbara Hold-cavell -- The Evolution Of Nurturant Dominance / Irenäus Eibl-eibesfeldt -- Dominance Status, Food Sharing, And Reproductive Success In Chimpanzees / William C. Mcgrew -- Food Sharing And Status In Unprovisioned Bonobos / Gottfied Hohmann & Barbara Fruth -- Systems Of Power / Karl Grammer -- Feasts And Commensal Politics In The Political Economy / Michael Dietler -- Feasting In Prehistoric And Traditional Socieities / Brian Hayden. Food Production And Social Status As Documented In Proto-cuneiform Texts / Peter Damerow -- Leveling The Hunter / Polly Wiessner -- Food And The Status Quest In Five African Cultures / Igor De Garine -- Food, Competition, And The Status Of Food In New Guinea / Pierre Lemonnier -- Of Harvests And Hierarchies / Wulf Schiefenhövel & Ingrid Bell-krannhals -- Food And Household Status In Nepal / Catherine Panter-brick -- Nutritional Security And The Status Quest In Developing Countries / Rainer Gross & Günter Dresrüsse. Edited By Polly Wiessner And Wulf Schiefenhövel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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