Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring: Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India (Religion and Society, 59) - Hardcover

Berger, Peter

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ISBN 10: 1614513791 ISBN 13: 9781614513797

Verlag: De Gruyter, 2015

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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.

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Peter Berger, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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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 Orissa. 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.

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• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1614513791
• ISBN 13: 9781614513797
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 634
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