Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring : Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India


Peter. Berger
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Berlin/Boston : : De Gruyter, , 2015.
Omfang
1 online resource (637 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Note on Usage; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part One: The Social Order; 2. The Social Order: Categories, Groups, Relationships; Part Two: Rituals and Festivals; 3. Fed and Eaten: Transformations of the Person; 4. The Table of the Agnates: Rituals of the Annual Cycle; 5. "You Are the Goat, I Am the Tiger": The Rituals of Healing; 6. Conclusion; Appendix. - 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.
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ISBN
9781614513797

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