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K. Reznikov. Basic instincts. Food and sex in cultures of different peoples: a popular encyclopedia.

Categories: Printed books

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Here is a bold and provocative book in which a deep scientific approach is combined with gentle humor. What could be more natural and vital for us than food and sex?.. On the pages of the book you will learn how humanity has implemented these basic instincts throughout its history. Starting with a comparison of great-humans and great apes, the author guides the reader through all the continents of the Earth, describing both the smallest, primitive and unusual tribes from our point of view, and huge civilizations (both gone and flourishing). Monogamy, polygamy, the redemption of wives and dowry, various forms of circumcision, various sexual poses, infidelity and divorce, premarital relationships, same–sex love, animal marriage – this is not a complete list of the sexual topics discussed here; colorfully described a variety of national dishes, vegetarianism and meat-eating, all kinds of plants, animals, insects and even cannibalism will complement your knowledge of the food culture of different peoples.
The author, an anthropologist and a neuroscientist, describing in detail each nation, its history and geography, leads the reader to an understanding of the general laws of the existence of human communities, regardless of the level of development and place of residence. Logical and verified information is interspersed with piquant, appetizing and even soul-chilling details, excerpts from old books and anthropological notes.
For the widest range of readers.

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Contents

5 Preface

Part I. NUTRITION AND SEX. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

13 Chapter 1. Nutrition and sex in anthropogenesis

39 Chapter 2. “Sex at dawn” or “Sex at sunset”? Dispute of ideas and books

63 Chapter 3. Genes, nutrition and sex needs

Part II. HOW PEOPLE EAT AND LOVE. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

93 Chapter 4. Australian Aborigines

108 Chapter 5. Papuans and Melanesians

129 Chapter 6. Polynesians and Micronesians

166 Chapter 7. The peoples of the Malay Archipelago

209 Chapter 8. Indochina. Thais

235 Chapter 9. The Chinese

313 Chapter 10. Japanese

386 Chapter 11. The peoples of India

456 Chapter 12. Western Asia. Arabs

504 Chapter 13. The Peoples of Black Africa

622 Chapter 14. Indians of North America

709 Chapter 15. Indians of South America

Part III. SPIRIT AND FLESH. HISTORY OF EUROPEAN DUALISM

767 Chapter 16. The spring of humanity. Harmony of body and spirit

780 Chapter 17. A fracture. The spiritual is separated from the corporeal

791 Chapter 18. The Time of Faith

801 Chapter 19. European individualism

810 Chapter 20. The Age of elegant cynicism

822 Chapter 21. The Age of Progress

840 Chapter 22. The Age of Spiritual Loss

857 Cited literature

Format

Hardcover

Circulation 1000

Year 2022

896 pages

ISBN 978-5-6044660-7-0