FOOD FROM THE MOUTH OF KRISHNA Unit Price :$ 3.00 Author :hpc hpc No. Of Pages :149
FOOD FROM THE MOUTH OF KRISHNA Feasts and Festivities in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre      PAUL M. TOOMEY       **** EBOOKS FOR DOWNLOAD TO PRINTER ONLY **** [FOR THIS EBOOK YOU WILL NEED FLASHPLAYER INSTALLED WHICH CAN BE DOWNLOADED FREE VIA OUR HOME PAGE AND ONCE PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE USE THE PRINT BUTTON ON THE FLASHPAPER TOOLBAR (AND NOT ON THE WEB BROWSER) TO PRINT]   EBOOK SIZE: 3.73 MB; 149 PAGES; US$ 3       This research, which is based on fieldwork at Mount Govardhan (District Mathura, U.P.), fully documents gastronomic ideas and practices of several large Hindu sects, thereby adding to previous anthropological accounts of culinary habits in diverse regional, caste and village settings. In addition, Food from the Mouth of Krishna sheds new light on several classic problems of Indian sociology­ most notably, on the distinction, in matters of ritual form, between sects that are monastic in orientation and those which are house­holder-centred, and on the dynamic interdependence in pilgrimage settings of sectarian and non-sectarian patterns of worship. The book will prove useful to readers who seek a broader under­standing of practical religion in India and a better appreciation of bhakti's social and religious diversity. Autlior's innovative approach and richly detailed case studies chart the fascinating course of one of the most vibrant and active sources that feed India's religious mainstream.       PAUL M. TOOMEY (Ph.D., 1984, University of  Virginia) was a research analyst for the U.S. Government, specialising in Indian security policy and South Asian defence systems. He had taught at Cornell and Tufts universities and at the University of Virginia. He was the author of several articles on food, pilgrimage, women's rituals, and aesthetics in India.
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