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Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring

Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India

Peter Berger author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:19th Jan '15

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Few thorough ethnographic studies on Central Indian tribal communities exist, and the elaborate discussion on the cultural meanings of Indian food systems ignores these societies altogether. Food epitomizes the social for the Gadaba of Odisha. Feeding, sharing, and devouring refer to locally distinguished ritual domains, to different types of social relationships and alimentary ritual processes. In investigating the complex paths of ritual practices, this study aims to understand the interrelated fields of cosmology, social order, and economy of an Indian highland community.

ISBN: 9781614513797

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1048g

634 pages