Feeding, sharing, and devouring :: ritual and society in Highland Odisha, India /

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 Orissa. In investigating the complex paths of ritual practices th...

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Main Author: Berger, Peter, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015.
Series:Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 59.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 Orissa. 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (637 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781614513636
1614513635
1614519757
9781614519751

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