Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
634
Language
English
Published
Feb 17, 2015
Publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN-10
1614513635
ISBN-13
9781614513636
Description
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.