Bücher von Audrey I. Richards

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.

The author presents us with the first collection of facts on the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu. This analysis considerably enlarges and deepens our conception of early human organization, especially in its economic aspect.