Ritual as Language: The Case of South Indian Food Offerings

Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella Eichinger

doi:10.1086/201930

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“…If that were all, I could simply call the Chivas Regal and the ancestors' clothing “offerings”—material bearers of meaningful inscription—and leave it at that (cf. Bell 1997:114; Ferro‐Luzzi 1977:508). As props, material goods permit something more; agentive in kut, they enable dramatic business and repartee, facilitating participatory commentary on having and desiring.…”

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Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption in the Republic of Korea: The commodity becomes a ritual prop

Kendall

2008

American Ethnologist

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Contemporary South Korean shaman rituals (kut) incorporate new consumer goods as agentive “props,” foci that provoke mime and commentary in dramatic interactions between shamans, clients, gods, and ancestors. In the 1990s, much of this object‐centered performance concerned the moral ambiguities of consumption, an appreciation facilitated by an analytic focus on the prop itself. In this study, I argue that the play of props in ritual conveys otherwise elusive nuances regarding the play of things in everyday life and that, when new consumer goods assume the status of props, they enable commentary on the moral paradox of getting and having. [prop, consumption, commodity, South Korea, shaman, ritual, materiality]

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Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption in the Republic of Korea: The commodity becomes a ritual prop

Kendall

2008

American Ethnologist

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“…A number of legends in Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions refer to the divine origin of rice. The symbolic importance of rice is reinforced by its role in numerous forms as the base of ritual offerings in religious worship (Ferro-Luzzi, 1977). The South Indian festival of Ponkal, for instance, is held in January each year to commemorate the return of the Sun God Surya, to pray for a prosperous agricultural season (Jones, 2011a), and is celebrated by ceremonially boiling rice in milk and shared with family, friends and cattle.…”

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An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia

Thomas¹

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“…Although the subject of food has witnessed extensive scholarship within the fields of anthropology, sociology and cultural history, it has not been addressed very often within the field of communication (Cramer, Greene, & Walters, 2011). Much of the literature concerning the food culture in India has often taken the sociological (Appadurai, 1988; Ferro-Luzzi, 1977; Nandy, 2004) and anthropological route (Mangalassary, 2016). A large and growing body of literature also concerns itself with food policy and food security (for example, see Sujith & Kumar, 2016).…”

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‘The Test of Taste’: New Media and the ‘Progressive Indian Foodscape’

Nanjangud

Reddy

2020

Journal of Creative Communications

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The discourse surrounding the Indian foodscape has constantly evolved. In the recent past, the Indian foodscape has observably undergone a stark change, especially in the way people perceive and present food. The globalisation and proliferation of both traditional and social media have had a strong impact on the food fabric of India on the restaurant and household level. While shows like MasterChef Australia were instrumental in diffusing artistic food parlance, social media tools, such as Instagram, made mobile phones synonymous with cutlery on tables. The diverse offerings and food packaging in the Indian culinary landscape is slowly turning the food culture into an ‘experience culture’ and consequently, a ‘taste culture’. Also, table theatrics and fusionism have become rampant in the Indian foodscape often creating a hyperreal dining experience. Based on the in-depth interviews with food bloggers, food experts and food enthusiasts, this article argues that the contemporary Indian foodscape increasingly looks beyond just sustenance and attaches meanings of class and art to it. Therefore, this article problematises and assesses the emerging trends in the contemporary Indian food industry through a ‘social-mediatised gaze’, thereby making substantial contributions to the field of media studies and culture studies.

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Ritual as Language: The Case of South Indian Food Offerings

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption in the Republic of Korea: The commodity becomes a ritual prop

Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption in the Republic of Korea: The commodity becomes a ritual prop

An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia

‘The Test of Taste’: New Media and the ‘Progressive Indian Foodscape’

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