Food anthropology in India /

Food anthropology in India /

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Author / Creator:	Seal, Partho Pratim, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2023. ©2023
Description:	ix, 153 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Food habits -- India -- History. Food -- India -- History. Food Food habits India History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13337059

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ISBN:	9780367354664 0367354667 9780367352707 0367352702 9781000872163 9781000872156 9780429331589
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Explores food in India and its evolution from prehistoric times to contemporary food trends while highlighting the intersections between culture, rituals, environment, and the economy with food, ingredients, and eating practices. It looks at the history of food and food preferences in India by studying historical, medicinal, and religious texts. The book analyses preferences and taboos from social, anthropological, cultural, political, and economic perspectives, mapping how food practices influence and are influenced by religion, production and distribution, ecology, and social class. It also examines consumption practices, problems with food production, agricultural distress, food and farming reforms, globalisation of food, the adoption of sustainable practices, and the future of farming, diets, and eating. Engaging and comprehensive, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of anthropology, social and cultural anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, political studies, development studies, and food studies.
Other form:	ebook version : 9781000872163

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Summary:	This book explores food in India and its evolution from pre-historic times to contemporary food trends while highlighting the intersections between culture, rituals, environment and the economy with food, ingredients and eating practices.
Physical Description:	ix, 153 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780367354664 0367354667 9780367352707 0367352702 9781000872163 9781000872156 9780429331589