Food, Community, and the Spirit World: An Indian Village Study - Couverture souple

Regelson, Stanley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0990633780 ISBN 13 : 9780990633785

Editeur : Development Resources Press, 2022

Synopsis

This is a detailed ethnographic study of food beliefs and practices in two villages of Hassan District, Karnataka State (formerly Mysore), India: Chinnapura and Bandipur." The author is an anthropological linguist who resided in the locality for almost two years in 1966-67. He provides the reader with an unusually detailed view of the intersections of language, food, and social relationships. Food is viewed as an important structuring aspect of the Hindu world view, a way that people symbolically represent and reproduce their own identities, gender relationships, and the differences among local castes and sub-castes. The roles of foods and food exchange in weddings, ancestor ceremonies, and other family ceremonies is explored. The area visited no longer exists, having been submerged by a dam project; but the reader has an opportunity to probe deeply into the life of a community as it was fifty years ago.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Stanley Regelson is an anthropological linguist who did ethnographic fieldwork in Karnataka State, India, in 1966-67. He has a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and Lehman College, City University of New York.

Suzanne Hanchett, Ph.D., editor of this book, is a social anthropologist who accompanied the author during the 1966-67 field visit in Karnataka, India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Development Resources Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0990633780
• ISBN 13: 9780990633785
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 207
• Éditeur: Hanchett Suzanne
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