ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Marvin Harris, Stuffed Peppers
4 Apr 2013
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Food-there is an eating context matched with social meaning. Pattern of aversion often have to do with meats. Wet-dry e. g. hot and cold classification of foods in puerto rico (cold-cool-hot) Originally from greek theory of health (4 humours) Basic idea in greek, indian, chinese and arabic medical systems. Food restrictions-periodic denial of certain foods (e. g. pregnant women, menstruation, initiation) Food taboos-deliberate avoidance e. g. pork in jewish religion. Food taboos are defined as: the deliberate avoidance of a food item for reasons other than simple dislike from food preferences (meyer-rochow, 2009, p. 2) e. g. pigs-muslim, jewish, ethiopian orthodox christians. Carnivores eaten in few cultures-animals that eat other animals; one particular group they don"t eat animals that might eat humans e. g. a tiger because they are worried about ingesting humans indirectly. Almost a universal taboo against eating other humans. Jewish people originated from: also pork can transmit disease to humans if not cooked properly. Symbolic interpretive perspective-for ancient hebrews pigs were unclean.
