Books
April, 1980
We're sure there's a logical progression here somewhere. Reay Tannahill's first book was Food in History. Her next was Flesh and Blood: A History of the Cannibal Complex. Now she has tackled Sex in History (Stein and Day). The menu ... uh, the table of contents is delightful, and definitely to our taste. Tannahill's cross-cultural analysis of the traditional beggar's banquet is fascinating: We learn that in the Seventh Century, the Cummean Penitential required people who engaged in fellatio to p...
