Food, faith and gender in South Asia : the cultural politics of women's food practices / edited by Nita Kumar and Usha Sanyal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kumar, Nita, 1951- editor.

Sanyal, Usha, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim women--Religious life.

Hindu women--Religious life.

Food habits.

South Asia.

Food--Religious aspects.

Food.

Food habits--South Asia.

Hindu women--Religious life--South Asia.

Hindu women.

Muslim women--Religious life--South Asia.

Muslim women.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"How do women express individual agency when engaging in seemingly prescribed or approved practices such as religious fasting? How are sectarian identities played out in the performance of food piety? What do food practices tell us about how women negotiate changes in family relationships? This collection offers a variety of distinct perspectives on these questions. Organized thematically, areas explored include the subordination of women, the nature of resistance, boundary making and the construction of identity and community. Methodologically, the essays use imaginative reconstructions of women's experiences, particularly where the only accounts available are written by men. The essays focus on Hindus and Muslims in South Asia, Sri Lankan Buddhist women and South Asians in the diaspora in the US and UK. Pioneering new research into food and gender roles in South Asia, this will be of use to students of food studies, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Food, faith and gender in South Asia

ISBN:

9781350137066

1350137065

OCLC:

1119986387

Publisher Number:

99983927000