Inviting happiness : food sharing in post-communist Mongolia / text revised and expanded by Sandrine Ruhlmann ; translated from the French by Nora Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruhlmann, Sandrine, 1977- author.

Series:

Inner Asia book series ; no. 11.

Inner Asia book series ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Social aspects--Mongolia.

Food habits.

Food consumption--Social aspects--Mongolia.

Food consumption.

Sharing--Mongolia.

Sharing.

Food consumption--Social aspects.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Mongolia--Social life and customs.

Mongolia.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 288 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"For Mongols, sharing food is more than just eating meals. Through a process of "opening" and "closing", on a daily basis or at events, in the family circle or with visitors, sharing food guarantees the proper order of social relations. It also ensures the course of the seasons and the cycle of human life. Through food sharing, humans thus invite happiness to their families and herds. Sandrine Ruhlmann has lived long months, since 2000, in the Mongolian steppe and in the city. She describes and analyzes in detail the contemporary food system and recognizes intertwined ideas and values inherited from shamanism, Buddhism and communist ideology. Through meat-on-the-bone, creamy milk skin, dumplings or sole-shaped cakes, she highlights a whole way of thinking and living"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ruhlmann, Sandrine, 1977- Inviting happiness

ISBN:

9789004409651

9004409653

OCLC:

1101388179