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Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe
A Functional Study of Nutrition among the Southern Bantu
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Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe
A Functional Study of Nutrition among the Southern Bantu
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The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which starvation is a constant menace. This work remedies this deficiency and opens up new lines of anthropological inquiry. The whole network of social institutions is examined which makes possible the consumption, distribution, and production of food-eating customs, as well as the religion and magic of food-production.
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INDEX
In spelling the tribal names in this index, I have followed no consistent scheme, but have used that adopted by the different authors quoted in the text.
Abraham, K., 48, 50 n.
Accumulation of food, native delight in, 10, 79, 89, 90; in Melanesia, 10, 88, 90, 99, 151; 153; among Maori, 88, 99, 151, 153; in Bantu society, 99, 151, 153; as a source of social well-being, 89, 90; v. also Food
Acquisitive instinct, 6
Adolescence, economic activities in, 75, 86, 146; dependence during, 77, 78, 132-4, 136-7, 209-11; kinship sentiment in, 86, 123, 132, 136; of girls, 71; initiation at, 58, 75, 86, 169, 207, 208
Adoption, 52
Age, grouping, 69-72, 81; status according to, 68, 158; v. also Authority
Agriculture, evolutionary stages of, 13; in Bantu society, 97-105; women in, 57-8, 102, 103, 206, 207; co-operation in, 103-4, 105, 132-3; sentiments associated with, 90, 98, 100-1, 105, 172; v. also Religious rites, Economic organization
Aitken, B., 100 n.
Akamba, 199, 208
Alimentary, v. Nutrition
Amambala, 156
Amasi, v. Milk
America, North, rank associated with hunting success, 87; destruction of food in, 88; diet in, 164; food taboos in, 166, 171; ritual fasts in, 168; totemism in, 142
Ancestral spirits, in Bantu religion, 182-90; hierarchical organization of, 154-5, 158; their kinship organization, 120, 183; family, 154, 184-6; tribal, 155-8, 188; v. also Religious rites, Sacrifice
Andaman Islands, 18, 72, 85, 89, 165, 167, 182; v. also A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Animals, eating habits of, 3, 29 n.; 177-8; memory of, 9; cults of, 170, 171; their societies, 2, 29 n.; v. Psychology, Fo...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface by Professor B. Malinowski
- I. History of the Problem :
- II. Human Relationships and Nutritive Needs:
- III. Food and family sentiment in bantu society :
- IV. Food Production and Incentives to Work :
- V. Kinship Sentiment and Economic Organization :
- VI. Economic Functions of the Clan and Tribe :
- VII. Food as a Symbol:
- Bibliography
- Index