{"product_id":"food-community-and-the-spirit-world-an-indian-village-study-paperback","title":"Food, Community, and the Spirit World: An Indian Village Study - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley Regelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne L. Hanchett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a detailed ethnographic study of food beliefs and practices in a rural community of Hassan District, Karnataka State (formerly Mysore), India. 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. Includes Bibliography, Index, and numerous illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42125891633287,"sku":"9798986876900","price":42.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e372a665f1c5ec83654959cec1cdb46c.webp?v=1732580186","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/food-community-and-the-spirit-world-an-indian-village-study-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}