Illustrations | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Nutritional Importance of Foods of Animal Origin | p. 3 |
General Short-age of Foods of Animal Origin through History, and the Craving for Flesh | p. 4 |
Vegetarian Rejection of Flesh Foods | p. 6 |
Rejection of Specific Foods of Animal Origin | p. 11 |
Pork | p. 13 |
Pork Avoidance in the Near East and the Mediterranean Area | p. 13 |
Europe beyond Greece and Rome | p. 36 |
Africa South of the Sahara | p. 40 |
Iran and Inner Asia | p. 43 |
East Asian Center of Pig Keeping | p. 46 |
The Indian Subcontinent | p. 49 |
Southeast Asia | p. 56 |
The Pacific Area | p. 59 |
Origin and Spread of Pork Avoidance | p. 64 |
Curious Efforts to Gain Acceptability for Pork among Hindus, Moslems, and Jews | p. 101 |
Beef | p. 103 |
The Indian Center of Beef Avoidance | p. 103 |
Southeast Asia | p. 119 |
Tibet, Mongolia, and East Asia | p. 121 |
The Near East and the Mediterranean Area | p. 125 |
Africa South of the Sahara | p. 129 |
Origin and Diffusion of the Avoidance of Beef | p. 135 |
Chicken and Eggs | p. 144 |
Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, India, Tibet, and Mongolia | p. 144 |
China and East Asia | p. 152 |
West of India | p. 153 |
Origin of the Avoidances of Chicken and Eggs | p. 163 |
Horseflesh | p. 168 |
Iran, Inner Asia, and Their Borderlands | p. 169 |
South, East, and Southeast Asia | p. 172 |
The Near East and Africa | p. 177 |
Europe | p. 180 |
Origin of the Avoidance of Horseflesh | p. 193 |
Camelflesh | p. 194 |
The Near East and Neighboring Areas | p. 194 |
Origin of the Avoidance of Camelflesh | p. 199 |
Dogflesh | p. 200 |
Domestication of the Dog, and Its Flesh as a Possible Motive | p. 200 |
The Reaction of Westerners to the Killing and Eating of Dogs | p. 201 |
Dog Eating in Various Regions of the Old World | p. 203 |
Origins of Anti-Dogflesh Feelings | p. 250 |
Fish | p. 253 |
Background | p. 253 |
Fish Avoidance in Africa | p. 255 |
Southwest Asia and the Greeks and Romans | p. 265 |
Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan | p. 279 |
India | p. 281 |
Buddhism and the Spread of Opposition to Fishing and Fish Eating | p. 287 |
Conclusion | p. 295 |
Conclusion | p. 297 |
Do Avoidances of Flesh Foods Derive Primarily from Economic, Nutritional, and Health Considerations? | p. 297 |
Strength of Feeling Associated with Flesh-Food Avoidances | p. 298 |
Group Sanctions against Violation of Bans on Flesh Food | p. 300 |
Ways in Which Bans on Flesh Food Are Observed | p. 301 |
Inequalities in the Distribution of Flesh | p. 303 |
Origin of Group Bans on Flesh Foods | p. 305 |
Factors Involved in Changing Foodways, Including Those Relating to Flesh Food | p. 321 |
Notes | p. 329 |
References | p. 437 |
Index | p. 517 |
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