Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe: A Functional Study of Nutrition Among the Southern Bantu (Routledge Classic Ethnographies)
Audrey Richards
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paperback. "Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe" examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement "nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex". Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFC; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'. When it was first published in 1932, with a preface by Malinowski, it laid the groundwork for sociological theory of nutrition. Richards was also among the first anthropologists to establish women's lives and the social sphere as legitimate subjects for anthropological study.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Routledge Classic Ethnographies
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415320115
SKU
V9780415320115
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About Audrey Richards
Audrey I. Richards (1899–1984) was for many years lecturer in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics and is the author of Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia and Chisungu: a girls’ initiation ceremony among the Bemba of Northern Rhodesia. She was one of the first anthropologists to study women’s lives and the social sphere and was herself ... Read more
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