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

by Peter Berger

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614519751
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	02/17/2015
Series:	Religion and Society , #59
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	634
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Peter Berger, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.