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Preface | ||
1 | Introduction | 3 |
Nutritional Importance of Foods of Animal Origin | 3 | |
General Shortage of Foods of Animal Origin through History, and the Craving for Flesh | 4 | |
Vegetarian Rejection of Flesh Foods | 6 | |
Rejection of Specific Foods of Animal Origin | 11 | |
2 | Pork | 13 |
Pork Avoidance in the Near East and the Mediterranean Area | 13 | |
Europe beyond Greece and Rome | 36 | |
Africa South of the Sahara | 40 | |
Iran and Inner Asia | 43 | |
East Asian Center of Pig Keeping | 46 | |
The Indian Subcontinent | 49 | |
Southeast Asia | 56 | |
The Pacific Area | 59 | |
Origin and Spread of Pork Avoidance | 64 | |
Curious Efforts to Gain Acceptability for Pork among Hindus, Moslems, and Jews | 101 | |
3 | Beef | 103 |
The Indian Center of Beef Avoidance | 103 | |
Southeast Asia | 119 | |
Tibet, Mongolia, and East Asia | 121 | |
The Near East and the Mediterranean Area | 123 | |
Africa South of the Sahara | 129 | |
Origin and Diffusion of the Avoidance of Beef | 135 | |
4 | Chicken and Eggs | 144 |
Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, India, Tibet, and Mongolia | 144 | |
China and East Asia | 152 | |
West of India | 153 | |
Origin of the Avoidances of Chicken and Eggs | 163 | |
5 | Horseflesh | 168 |
Iran, Inner Asia, and Their Borderlands | 169 | |
South, East, and Southeast Asia | 172 | |
The Near East and Africa | 177 | |
Europe | 180 | |
Origin of the Avoidance of Horseflesh | 193 | |
6 | Camelflesh | 194 |
The Near East and Neighboring Areas | 194 | |
Origin of the Avoidance of Camelflesh | 199 | |
7 | Dogflesh | 200 |
Domestication of the Dog, and Its Flesh as a Possible Motive | 200 | |
The Reaction of Westerners to the Killing and Eating of Dogs | 201 | |
Dog Eating in Various Regions of the Old World | 203 | |
Origins of Anti-Dogflesh Feelings | 250 | |
8 | Fish | 233 |
Background | 253 | |
Fish Avoidance in Africa | 255 | |
Southwest Asia and the Greeks and Romans | 265 | |
Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan | 279 | |
India | 281 | |
Buddhism and the Spread of Opposition to Fishing and Fish Eating | 287 | |
Conclusion | 295 | |
9 | Conclusion | 297 |
Do Avoidances of Flesh Foods Derive Primarily from Economic, Nutritional, and Health Considerations? | 297 | |
Strength of Feeling Associated with Flesh-Food Avoidances | 298 | |
Group Sanctions against Violation of Bans on Flesh Food | 300 | |
Ways in Which Bans on Flesh Food Are Observed | 301 | |
Inequalities in the Distribution of Flesh | 303 | |
Origin of Group Bans on Flesh Foods | 305 | |
Factors Involved in Changing Foodways, Including Those Relating to Flesh Food | 321 | |
Notes | 329 | |
References | 437 | |
Index | 517 |
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