ISBN:
9789004410633
,
9004410635
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 288 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Inner Asia book series volume 11
Series Statement:
Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390799
Series Statement:
Inner Asia book series
Uniform Title:
L'appel du bonheur
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ruhlmann, Sandrine, 1977 - Inviting happiness
Keywords:
Food habits Social aspects
;
Food consumption Social aspects
;
Sharing
;
Food consumption ; Social aspects
;
Food habits ; Social aspects
;
Manners and customs
;
Sharing
;
Mongolia
;
Mongolia Social life and customs
Abstract:
"For Mongols, sharing food is more than just eating meals. Through a process of "opening" and "closing", on a daily basis or at events, in the family circle or with visitors, sharing food guarantees the proper order of social relations. It also ensures the course of the seasons and the cycle of human life. Through food sharing, humans thus invite happiness to their families and herds. Sandrine Ruhlmann has lived long months, since 2000, in the Mongolian steppe and in the city. She describes and analyzes in detail the contemporary food system and recognizes intertwined ideas and values inherited from shamanism, Buddhism and communist ideology. Through meat-on-the-bone, creamy milk skin, dumplings or sole-shaped cakes, she highlights a whole way of thinking and living"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004410633
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004410633
URL:
https://brill.com/abstract/title/54850
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004410633
URL:
https://brill.com/abstract/title/54850
