{"product_id":"food-community-and-the-spirit-stanley-regelson-9798986876900","title":"Food, Community, and the Spirit World: An Indian Village Study","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Regelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8986876906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986876900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Development Resources Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Stanley Regelson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131383050495,"sku":"9798986876900","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_490118aa-eed3-4291-b59d-386efd0106e1.jpg?v=1687474290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-community-and-the-spirit-stanley-regelson-9798986876900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}