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

by Peter L. 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 distinguished ritual domains, to different types of social relationships and alimentary ritual processes. In investigating the complex paths of ritual practices,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614513791
• ISBN13: 9781614513797
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"