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Science 21 May 2004:
Vol. 304. no. 5674, pp. 1112 - 1113
DOI: 10.1126/science.1097002
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
Food for the Gods

A review by Pamela Ronald

The Art of Rice Spirit and Sustenance in Asia
by Roy W. Hamilton [with 26 Contributors]
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 2004. 562 pp. Paper, $60. ISBN 0-930741-98-6.

The contributors to this profusely illustrated catalog explore beliefs and practices relating to rice as they are represented in the arts and cultures of south, southeast, and east Asia.
The reviewer is in the Department of Plant Pathology, One Shields Avenue, 228 Robbins Hall, Davis, CA 95616, USA. E-mail: pcronald{at}ucdavis.edu

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