FOOD AND CULTURE

South Asia

Abdullah M; Wheeler EF (1985) Seasonal Variations in the Intra-Household Distribution of Food in Bangladeshi Village. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 41:1305-1313 [social relations; family; food sharing; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Sugar (Gur) Factory 2 (Pakistan; © Karl Schuler)Achaya KT (1994) Indian Food: A Historical Companion. Oxford University Press [South Asia; India].

Ahmed F; Zareen M; Jackson AA (1998) Dietary Pattern, Nutrient Intake and Growth of Adolescent School Girls in Urban Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition. 1:83- [dietary pattern; child nutrition; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Aklujkar V (1992) Sharing the Divine Feast: Evolution of Food Metaphor in Marathi Sant. in RS Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State University of New York Press, pp. 95-115 [history; symbolism; feasts; South Asia; India; Marathi].

Alamgir M (1980) Famine in South Asia: Political Economy of Mass Starvation [disaster].

Appadurai A (1981) Gastro Politics in Hindu South Asia. American Ethnologist. 8:494-511 [social relations; power; symbolism; South Asia; India; Hindu].

Appadurai A (1988) Cookbooks and Cultural Change: The Indian Case. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 30:3-24 [change; globalization; South Asia; India].

Appadurai A (1988) How to Make a National Cuisine: Cookbooks in Contemporary India. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 30:3-24 [social relations; caste; Hindu beliefs; South Asia].

Bagchi T (1994) Profile of Some Indian Tribes: An Anthropo-Nutritional Micro Study. Punthi Pustak [nutritional anthropology; dietary deficiencies; intake patterns; South Asia; India].

Balagopal P (2000) Indian and Pakistani Food Practices. American Dietetic Association & American Diabetes Association [foodways; diet; South Asia; North America; Indian-Americans; Pakistani-Americans].

Recommended -- click for detailsBanerji C (2001) The Hour of the Goddess, Memories of Women, Food and Ritual in Bengal. Seagull Books [cookery; food habits; gender relations; religion; South Asia; India].

Banerji C (2006) Feeding the Gods: Memories of Food and Culture in Bengal. Seagull [social relations; ritual; South Asia; India; Bengal].

Bhowmik DC (1984) Food Habits of the Khasi People: A Study of Tradition and Change. Journal of the Anthropology Survey of India. 33:263-269 [change; South Asia; India; Khasi].

Bohler E; Ingstad B (1996) The Struggle of Weaning: Factors Determining Breastfeeding Duration in East Bhutan. Social Science and Medicine. 43:1805-1815 [infant feeding; pregnancy beliefs; South Asia].

Boyce J; Hartman B (1979) Needless Hunger, Voices from a Bangladesh Village. Food First Books [causes of hunger; undernutrition; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Breckenridge C (1986) Food, Politics, and Pilgrimage in South India, 1350-1650. in RS Khare; MSA Rao (eds) Food, Society, and Culture: Aspects of South Asian Food Systems [history; South Asia; India].

Chakrabarty M (1996) Gender Differences in Cereal Intake: Possible Impacts of Social Group Affiliation and Season. Anthropologisher Anzeiger. 54 [dietary intake; social relations; South Asia; India].

Chakraborty DK (1992) Turtle Eating Ceremony among the Great Andamese. Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India. 41:11-17 [feast; food use; symbol and meaning; South Asia; India; Adaman Islands].

Chakravarty I (1972) Saga of Indian Food: Historical and Cultural Survey. Sterling Publishers [history; South Asia; India].

Chatterjee M (1989) Socio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Influences on Women's Nutritional Status and Roles. in C Gopalan; S Kaur (eds) Women and Nutrition in India. Nutritional Foundation of India [nutritional status; women; South Asia; India].

Chen L (1980) Seasonal Dimensions of Energy Protein Malnutrition in Rural Bangladesh. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 8:175-187 [seasonal hunger; South Asia].

Chen L; Huq E; d'Souza S (1981) Sex Bias in the Family Allocation of Food and Health Care in Rural Bangladesh. Population and Development Review. 7:55-70 [household relations; food sharing; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Diener P (1978) The Dialectics of the Sacred Cow: Ecological Adaptation Versus Political Appropriation in the Origins of India's Cattle Complex. Dialectical Anthropology. 3:221-242 [taboo; sacred cow; ecology; politics; South Asia; India].

Dreyfuss M; Stoltzfus R; West K (2000) Hookworms, Malaria, and Vitamin a Deficiency Contribute to Anemia and Iron Deficiency among Pregnant Women in the Plains of Nepal. Journal of Nutrition. 130:2527- [malnutrtion; disease; maternal nutrition; South Asia; Nepal].

Classic -- click for detailsFerro-Luzzi G (1975) Food Avoidances of Indian Tribes. Anthropos. 70:385-428 [taboo; South Asia; India].

Ferro-Luzzi G (1977) Ritual as Language: The Case of South Indian Food Offerings. Current Anthropology. 18:507-514 [symbol; ritual; South Asia; India].

Ferro-Luzzi G (1980) Food Avoidances at Puberty and Menstruation in Tamilnad. in JRK Robson (ed) Food, Ecology and Culture. Gordon and Breach, pp. 93-100 [taboo; life cycle; women; South Asia; India; Tamilnad].

Ferro-Luzzi G (1980) Food Avoidances During the Pueriperium and Lactation in Tamilnad. in JRK Robson (ed) Food, Ecology and Culture. Gordon and Breach, pp. 109-117 [taboo; life cycle; women; South Asia; India].

Gittelsohn J (1991) Opening the Box: Intrahousehold Food Allocation in Rural Nepal. Social Science and Medicine. 33:1141-1154 [food sharing; distribution; family relations; South Asia; Nepal].

Greenough P (1982) Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal [famine; South Asia; India; Bengal].

Griffiths P; Matthews Z; Hinde A (2002) Gender, Family, and the Nutritional Status of Children in Three Culturally Contrasting States of India. Social Science and Medicine. 55:775-790 [child nutrition; South Asia].

Gupta SP (1975) Changes in the Food Habits of Asian Indians in the United States: A Case Study. Sociology and Social Research. 60:87-99 [food habit change; South Asia; India; North America; United States].

Hanchett S (1975) Hindu Potlatches: Ceremonial Reciprocity and Prestige in Karnataka. in HE Ullrich (ed) Competition and Modernization in South Asia. Abhinav, pp. 27-59 [feasts; social relations; prestige; South Asia; India].

Harper E (1964) Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion. in E Harper (ed) Religion in South Asia [social relations; caste; exchange; pollution; taboo; South Asia; India].

Harris B (1990) Food Distribution, Death and Disease in South Asia. in GA Harrison; JC Waterlow (eds) Diet and Disease in Traditional and Developing Societies. Cambridge University Press, pp. 290-306 [malnutrition; South Asia].

Harris M (1966) The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle. Current Anthropology. 7:51-60 [taboo; beef eating; ecology; South Asia; India].

Hartman B; Boyce J (1983) A Quiet Violence, View from a Bangladesh Village. Food First Books [poverty; hunger; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Hassan R; Ahmad K (1984) Studies on Food and Nutrient Intake by Rural Population of Bangladesh: Comparison between Intakes of 1962-64, 1975-76 and 1981-82. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 15:143-158 [dietary intake; change; South Asia].

Jelliffe D (1957) Social and Cultural Nutrition: Cultural Blocks and Protein Malnutrition in Early Childhood in Rural West Bengal. Pediatrics. 20:128-138 [food habits; malnutrition; children; South Asia; India].

Katona-Apte J (1975) Dietary Aspects of Acculturation: Meals, Feasts; and Fasts in a Minority Community in South Asia. The Hague: Mouton [change; acculturation; fasting; South Asia; India; Tamilnad; Marathi].

Khare RS (1976) The Hindu Hearth and Home. Vikas Publishing House [symbol; commensal relations; nutritional anthropology; South Asia; India].

Khare RS (1992) Annambrahman: Cultural Models, Meanings, and Aesthetics of Hindu Food. Albany: State of New York Press [symbol; perference; aversion; South Asia; India].

Khare RS (1992) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State University of New York Press [collected essays; theory; nutritional anthropology; symbol; social identity; South Asia; India].

Khare RS (1992) Food with Saints: An Aspect of Hindu Gastrosemantics. in S Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 27-52- [symbol; fasting; food use; healing; South Asia; India].

Kilara A; Iya KK (1992) Food and Dietary Practices of the Hindu. Food Technology. 1992:94-102 [food habits; South Asia; Hindu].

Kollipara UK; Brittin HC (1996) Increase Iron Content of Some Indian Foods Due to Cookware. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 96:508-510 [nutrition; food processing; South Asia; India].

Kulkarni SN (1990) Famines, Droughts, and Scarcities in India. South Asia Books [famine; South Asia].

Lakshmi AJ; Begum K; Saraswathi G, et al. (2005) Food Beliefs and Dietary Practices of Traditional Rural Households near Mysore. Science and Culture. 71:311-316 [South Asia; India].

Levine N (1988) Women's Work and Infant Feeding Practices: A Case Study from Rural Nepal. Ethnology. 27:231-252 [infant feeding and nutrition; South Asia; Nepal].

Recommended -- click for detailsLindenbaum S (1986) Rice and Wheat: The Meaning of Food in Bangladesh. in RS Khare; MSA Rao (eds) Food, Society, and Culture: Aspects in South Asian Food Systems. Carolina Academic Press, pp. 253-276 [symbols; food species; South Asia].

Lindenbaum S (1987) Loaves and Fishes in Bangladesh. in M Harris; E Ross (eds) Food and Evolution. Temple Unversity Press, pp. 427-443 [change; rice and wheat; South Asia; Bangladesh].

Marriott M (1964) Caste Ranking and Food Transactions: A Matrix Analysis. in M M Singer; B Cohn (eds) Structure and Change in Indian Society [social relations; caste; exchange; pollution; South Asia; India].

Mayer A (1960) Caste and Kinship in Central India [social relations; caste; exhange; pollution; South Asia].

Mayer A (1996) Caste in an Indian Village: Change and Continuity 1954-1992. in CJ Fuller (ed). Oxford University Press, pp. 32-64 [culture change; foodways; South Asia].

McAlpin M (1987) Famine Relief Policy in India: Six Lessons for Africa [famine; relief; government policy; South Asia; Africa].

McDonaugh C (1997) Breaking the Rules: Changes in Food Acceptability among the Tharu of Nepal. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 155-166 [change; social relations; food use; buffalo meat; South Asia].

Moreno M (1992) Pancamirtam: God's Washings as Food. in RS Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State University of New York Press, pp. 147-178 [symbol; ontology; food use; foodstuffs; South Asia; India].

Moskowitz H (1975) Cross-Cultural Differences in Simple Taste Preferences. Science. 190:1217-1218 [preference; sour; South Asia; India].

Nagra SAaAHG (1987) Variations in Infact Feeding Practices in Pakistan with Socioeconomic Stratification. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 33:103-106 [infant feeding; South Asia; Pakistan].

Nair KN (1987) Animal Protein Consumption and the Sacred Cow Complex in India. in M Harris; E Ross (eds) Food and Evolution. Temple University Press [taboo; sacred cow; protein intake; South Asia; India].

Nichter M (1985) Cultural Interpretations of the States of Malnutrition among Children: A South Indian Case Study. Medical Anthropology. winter:25-48 [malnutrition; folk classification and meaning; South Asia; India].

Nichter M (1986) Modes of Food Classification and the Diet -- Health Contingency: A South Indian Case Study. in RS Khare (ed) Food, Society and Culture, pp. 185-220- [food classification; health; South Asia; India].

Nichter M; Nichter M (1983) The Ethnophysiology and Folk Dietetics of Pregnancy: A Case Study from South India. Human Organization. 42:235-246 [folk knowledge; folk dietetics; classification; maternal nutrition; pregnancy; South Asia; India].

Panter-Brick C (1996) Food and Household Status in Nepal. in P Wiessner; W Schiefenhovel (eds) Food and the Status Quest. Berghahn, pp. 253-262 [food distribution; nutritional status; caste; South Asia; Nepal].

Patnaik U (1991) Food Availability and Famine: A Longer View. Journal of Peasant Studies. 19 [famine; South Asia; India; Bengal].

Pool R (1986) Beliefs Concerning the Avoidance of Food During Pregnancy and the Immediate Post Partum Period in a Tribal Area of Rural Gujarat. Eastern Anthropologist. 39:251-259 [food avoidance; symbol and meaning; South Asia; India; Gujarat].

Prindle P (1979) Peasant Society and Famine: A Nepalese Example. Ethnology. 18:49-60 [famine; social relations; South Asia; Nepal].

Ramanujan AK (1992) Food for Thought: Toward an Anthology of Hindu Food-Images. in RS Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State Univeristy of New York Press, pp. 221-250 [symbol; South Asia; India].

Rao MSA (1986) Conservatism and Change in Food Habits among the Migrants in India: A Study in Gastrodynamics. in R Khare; M Rao (eds) Food, Society and Culture. Carolina Academic Press, pp. 121-140 [change; migrant peoples; South Asia; India].

Essential Reference -- click for detailsRizvi N (1986) Food Categories in Bangladesh and Its Relationship to Food Beliefs and the Practices of Vulnerable Groups. in S Khare; M Rao (eds) Food, Society and Culture. Durham: Carolina Academic Press [classification; food categories; beliefs; South Asia].

Roger D (2000) The Middle East and South Asia. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1140-1151 [history; Islam; Middle East; West Asia; South Asia; Egypt; Iran; Turkey; India].

Sanyal T (1979) And Keeping the Flame Alive: A Study on Food Habits and Dietaries with Nutritional Efficiency of West Excellent -- click for detailsBengal Tribes. Cultural Research Institute, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal [food habits; diet; South Asia; India; West Bengal].

Sen CT (2004) Food Culture in India. Greenwood Press [foods; foodways; regional cuisines; festivals; caste; nutrition and health; South Asia].

Sen S (1980) Food Habits in Calcutta. Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute. 14:60-66 [food habits; South Asia; India; Calcutta].

Simoons FJ (1970) The Traditional Limits of Milking and Milk Use in Southern Asia. Anthropos. 65:547-593 [food use; dairy; South Asia; Southeast Asia].

Singh K (1996) Fried Chicken's Fearsome Foes. Far Eastern Economic Review. 159:30- [change; Kentucky Fried Chicken; vegetarianism; South Asia; India].

Singh KS; Das Gupta BK; Bagchi T, et al. (1992) Food Habits in Rural India. Anthropological Survey of India. 41:65-105 [food habits; South Asia; India].

Sjostedt J; Schmaker J; Nathawat SS (1998) Eating Disorders among Indian and Australian University Students. Journal of Social Psychology. 138 [disturbed behavior; students; South Asia; India; Australia].

Toomey P (1992) Mountain of Food, Mountain of Love: Ritual Inversion of the Annakuta Feast at Mount Govardhan. in RS Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State University of New York Press, pp. 117-145 [feasts; social relations; symbol; ritual; South Asia; Northern India; Braj].

Toomey PM (1994) Food from the Mouth of Krishna: Feast and Festivities in a North Indian Pilgrimage Center. Hindustan Publishing [feast; festival; North India; South Asia].

Vidyarthi LP; Prasad RK; Upadhyay VS (1979) Changing Dietary Patterns and Habits: A Sociocultural Study of Bihar. Concept [dietary patterns; food habits; South Asia; India; Bihar].

Essential Reference Work -- click for detailsVidyarthi LP; Upadhyay VS (1981) Indigenous Nutritive Dietary Habits and Recipes of the People of Bihar. Review of Ethnology. 7:177-182 [food habits; cookery; South Asia; India; Bihar].

Wandel M (1977) Heaty and Cooling Foods in Relation to Food Habits in a Southern Sri Lankan Community. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 14:93-104 [classification; hot-cold dichotamy; South Asia; Sri Lanka].

White D (1992) You Are What You Eat: The Anomalous Status of Dog-Cookers in Hindu. in RS Khare (ed) Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists. State of New York Press, pp. 53-93 [Hindu food law; social relations; social status; symbol; myth; South Asia; India].

Yalman N (1969) On the Meaning of Food Offerings in Ceylon. in RF Spencer (ed) Forms of Symbolic Action. University of Washington Press, pp. 81-96 [symbols; food and religion; South Asia; Sri Lanka].

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