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100 1 0 _aLieutaghi, Pierre
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245 0 0 _aPlants: Practices of a Perilous World
260 _c2004.
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520 _aThe radical distinction between what is edible and what is toxic is a recent and artificial one. Ancient food practices make use of poison. Poison conceptions and perceptions are studied in this article together with the technical and symbolic processes aiming at transforming plants into food, at « civilizing » their nature. The relation between medicine and cooking, namely the importance of taste in the detection of toxicity is also considered.
690 _amedicine
690 _apoison
690 _aedible
690 _afood
786 0 _nEthnologie française | 34 | 3 | 2004-09-01 | p. 397-406 | 0046-2616
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-ethnologie-francaise-2004-3-page-397?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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