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  • Food Ritual and Society A Study of Social Structure and Food Symbolism Among the Newars

Food Ritual and Society A Study of Social Structure and Food Symbolism Among the Newars

by  PER LOWDIN,
ISBN: N000023430
Book Name:Food Ritual and Society A Study of Social Structure and Food Symbolism Among the Newars
Author:PER LOWDIN,
Publisher:MANDALA BOOK POINT KATHMANDU
Edition:REPRI
Language:English
Binding:Paper Back
Publish Year:1998
Total Pages:233
Availablity: Only 3 Left in Stock
NPR 1000.00

BOOK SUMMARY

Through the prescribed participation in certain feasts the individual's social position and identity within his own group and in relation to other groups of a similar order are expressed. Simultaneously as certain persons are prescribed to attend, others are proscribed from participating. It is also established that certain foods in some contexts have clear-cut meanings: signifying, for example, contraction of marriage, the gender of a new-born child, or a wish for purity. Previously unpublished data from the Newar culture is presented, particularly with reference to the jyapu and Urya castes. This data has been collected during 14 months of field work among the Newars.

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