Origin and development of alimentary habits and customs as a sociocultural resource for mankind: an approach to history and anthropology of care with regard to alimentation

• Main Authors: Manuel Lillo Crespo (Author), María Flores Vizcaya Moreno (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: Universidad de Alicante, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fag: article
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Amongst all creatures on earth, man is the only one that has a "sense of destiny" and is able to symbolise even what appears to be strictly physical and material objects or phenomena. Therefore, any food -fruits, vegetables, pulses, fish- can possess various symbolic values according to di...