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Feeding, sharing, and devouring : ritual and society in Highland Odisha, India /
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 th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Berlin/Boston :
De Gruyter,
2015.
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| Colección: | Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ;
59. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (637 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781614513636 1614513635 1614519757 9781614519751 |