Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring : : Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India / / Peter Berger.
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 disting...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and Society ,
59 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (624 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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