Shared Wealth and Symbol: Food, Culture and Society in Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Abstract

List of tables and figures Notes on contributors Introduction: the anthropology of food in Oceania and Southeast Asia Lenore Manderson Part I. The Context of Diet: 1. Men, women, work, and group nutrition in a New guinea Mountain Ok society David Hyndman 1. 'Land of milk and honey': the changing meaning of food to an Australian Aboriginal community Janice Reid 3. Dietary change among Cook Islanders in New Zealand Thomas K. Fitzgerald 4. Taro and timber: competing or complimentary ways to a food supply Nancy Pollock Part II. Cultural Meaning and Perception: 5. 'The worst disease': the cultural definition of hunger in Kalauna Michael W. Young 6. Food classification and restriction in Peninsular Malaysia: nature, culture, hot and cold? Lenore Manderson 7. Classification of food from a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal point of view Julie Waddy Part III. Infant Feeding Practice: 8. Infant feeding practice in Malaysia: the variables of choice Marianne Spiegel 9. The children of Jyaka Enga: culture, diet, environment, and health in a Papua New Guinea Highland society, 1950-1960 Barry Shaw 10. 'Australia's got the milk, we've got the problems': The Australian Dairy Corporation in Southeast Asia Kathy Robinson Part IV. Research Method and Direction: 11. Dietary taboos in Java: myths, mysteries, and methodology Valerie J. Hull 12. Social and nutritional context of 'ethnic foods': Malay examples Christine S. Wilson 13. Human diets: a biological perspective Graham H. Pyke Bibliography Index.