TY - BOOK AU - Fiddes,Nick TI - Meat: a natural symbol SN - 9780203283929 AV - GT2868.5 .F54 1992eb U1 - 394.1 22 PY - 1991/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Meat KW - Food KW - Symbolic aspects KW - Food habits KW - Food preferences KW - Carnivora KW - Meat industry and trade KW - Packing-houses KW - Feeding Behavior KW - Food Preferences KW - Meat-Packing Industry KW - Viande KW - Aliments KW - Aspect symbolique KW - Habitudes alimentaires KW - Préférences alimentaires KW - Carnivores KW - Industrie KW - Carnivora (order) KW - aat KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Customs & Traditions KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Ernährung KW - gnd KW - Ernährungsgewohnheit KW - Fleisch KW - Geschichte KW - Symbolik KW - Vlees KW - gtt KW - Vleesindustrie KW - Gewoonten KW - Voedingsgewoonten KW - Symboliek KW - ram KW - Alimentation KW - Aspect religieux KW - Cannibalisme KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and indexes; Food = meat -- A brief history of meat eating -- A matter of taste -- More than a meal -- Evolution and elevation -- The power of meat -- The barbarity of meat -- The reluctant cannibal -- Pets and other grey animals -- The joy of sex -- Economics -- Health -- Ethics -- Ecology -- Conclusions N2 - This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; why vegetarianism is increasing; why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with environmental destruction UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=90705 ER -