Food and the Status Quest

by Wiessner, Polly; Schiefenhovel, Wulf

• ISBN13: 9781571811233
• ISBN10: 1571811230
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: Food, Status, Culture, and Nature	p. 1
The Ethological Bases of Status Hierarchies	p. 19
References	p. 29
The Evolution of Nurturant Dominance	p. 33
References	p. 38
Dominance Status, Food Sharing, and Reproductive Success in Chimpanzees	p. 39
Notes	p. 44
Food Sharing and Status in Unprovisioned Bonobos	p. 47
Notes	p. 64
References	p. 65
Systems of Power Tthe Function and Evolution of Social Status	p. 69
Feasts and Commensal Politics in the Political Economy Food, Power and Status in Prehistoric Europe	p. 87
Notes	p. 116
References	p. 117
Feasting in Prehistoric and Traditional Societies	p. 127
References	p. 144
Food Production and Social Status as Documented in Proto-Cuneiform Texts	p. 149
Leveling the Hunter Constraints on the Status Quest in Foraging Societies	p. 171
Notes	p. 181
References	p. 188
Food and the Status Quest in Five African Cultures	p. 193
Food, Competition, and the Status of Food in New Guinea	p. 219
Of Harvests and Hierarchies Securing Staple Food and Social Position in the Trobriand Islands	p. 235
Food and Household Status in Nepal	p. 253
Nutritional Security and the Status Quest in Developing Countries	p. 263
Notes on Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 281
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