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Manderson, Lenore, ed. Shared Wealth and Symbol: Food, Culture, and Society in Oceania and Southeast Asia. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. xii + 314 pp. including bibliography and index. $42.50 cloth.
Bynum, Caroline Walker. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1987. xvi + 476 pp. including chapter notes, halftones, and indices. $29.95 cloth.