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1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover; Farm to Fingers; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; Contemporary India: shifts and continuities; Community and identity: essentialising narratives around food; Body, self and others; Political economy of hunger and scarcity; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. The Making of 'Edible Animal Source Foods' and its Contemporary Reality in Delhi; Introduction; The animal is a type of food unlike any; The making of edible food; The research question; The delegation of slaughter and disjunctions from animal to food status |
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Delegation of slaughter to butchers' handsCulinary techniques; The semantic category 'non-veg': a circumvention of the word 'meat'?; Animal source foods requiring slaughter; The sacrificed meats; The big mammals; Pork; Non-anthropomorphizable animals; Animal source foods that do not require killing; Eggs: 'living' or 'non-living food?; Valorization of milk products and the questioned limits of ahimsa; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 3. Appropriating the Cow: Beef and Identity Politics in Contemporary India; Introduction; Anthropological perspectives on meat-eating in India |
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Beef as a marker of positive identityTen years later ... ; Beef after 2012; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 4. Eating Akhuni in India; Introduction; The home; Akhuni engagements; The region; Mountains and its food histories; Sikkimese kinema curry; Method; Nepali kinema curry; Method; Pathos and food; Akhuni Conflicts in New Delhi; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Health, Standardization and 'Bengali' Sweets; Background and context; The field and the fieldwork; Making of 'healthy' sweets; Role of a laboratory in a sweet shop; Nutrition, food safety and standardization |
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ConclusionNotes; References; 6. Treating Children, Feeding Junk Food: An Inquiry into a Middle Class Project; The context; Class, consumption and reproduction; McDonald's in India; Fieldwork; Middle class: an ethnographic setting; The children of McDonald's; Toys; Play Areas; Ronald McDonald; Birthday Party; Going to McDonald's: a special place; Treating children: the imperative of success; A packet of chips: small rewards; Happy meal: the big reward; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 7. Diaspora Dish: Cooking, Writing, and Creating Identities in Food-blogs |
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Introduction: food-blogs and diasporic identitiesFrom kitchen to blog; Maternal legacies; Resisting gendered roles; Readers' engagement with blogs; Readers' agency; Reading for pleasure; Reader-blogger networking; Recipes as stories of home/s; Archiving the homeland; Negotiating between two homes; Constructing 'India' culinarily; Documenting diversity; Problematizing traditions; Affirming originality; Tomorrow's menu: transcending boundaries; Impacting print media; Diversifying into entrepreneurship; Pluralizing and enmeshing identities; Connecting with global publics |
| Summary |
This book studies food practices in contemporary India by situating them in their political, economic and socio-cultural contexts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food industry and trade -- India
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Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Diet -- India
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Diet
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Food industry and trade
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Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007592
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bhushi, Kiranmayi, editor
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| ISBN |
9781108666336 |
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1108666337 |
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9781108236225 |
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1108236227 |
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