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

Peter Berger

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring

Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India

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

Peter Berger

Volume 59 in the series Religion and Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513636

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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, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on Usage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: The Social Order
2. The Social Order: Categories, Groups, Relationships Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part Two: Rituals and Festivals
3. Fed and Eaten: Transformations of the Person Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
4. The Table of the Agnates: Rituals of the Annual Cycle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	364
5. “You Are the Goat, I Am the Tiger”: The Rituals of Healing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 624
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- Illustrations: 34
- Tables: 15
Keywords: India; tribal society; ritual; food; cosmology

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Published: February 17, 2015
ISBN: 9781614513636

Hardcover

Published: January 19, 2015
ISBN: 9781614513797