Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring
Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India
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Beschreibung
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
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Indien Ernährung Stammesgesellschaft Ritual Kosmologie India tribal society ritual food cosmology