Kinship and Food in South East Asia

Food has an important role in establishing and structuring social and kin relations in Southeast Asian societies. For this reason, there is growing interest within anthropology in understanding how the production, processing and consumption of food is one important basis for the construction of ties of relatedness, so-called 'kin' ties. These are often based at least partly on 'shared substance'. In this respect, a book on Southeast Asia is especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8791114934
• ISBN13: 9788791114939
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"