article

The semiotics of tabooed food: Shokleng (Gê)

food taboos in lowland south america • (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 76-90

By: Urban, Greg, Kensinger, Kenneth M., Kracke, Waud H..

Abstract
In contrast to the hypothesis suggested by Eric B. Ross that societal food taboos are ecological based and can be analyzed within the framework of an ecosystem; Urban contends that while the ecosystem approach has its own analytic value, these taboos may also be profitably analyzed within the context of a semiotic approach. The author believes that food taboos, taken as a whole, comprise a complex signal system which tends to specify a certain degree of status within certain social categores in the society, such as age grade groups, moieties, classes, and males and females.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Diet
Sociolinguistics
Semantics
culture
Xokleng
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
South America
Sub Region
Eastern South America
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2012
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Shokleng, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil
Notes
Greg Urban
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90)
LCCN
82137194
LCSH
Shokleng Indians