Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Food and the Status Quest
Polly Wiessner · 1996
55/100
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The interdisciplinary premise — connecting the biological roots of status-seeking to cultural food practices and their impact on nutrition programs in developing countries — is genuinely interesting and the editors bring real scholarly credibility. But this is a 1996 academic edited volume with no popular reception and limited current relevance outside its specialist niche. Researchers in anthropology or nutrition policy will find it useful; everyone else will not.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance65
craft55
originality68
accuracy58
hype70
age-fit50
human-eye48
Penny’s verdict55
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