Shared devotion, shared food: equality and the bhakti-caste question in western India

"Shared Devotion, Shared Food" explores how people in western India wrestled for centuries with two competing values: a theological vision that God welcomes all people, and the social hierarchy of the caste system. Jon Keune examines the ways in which food and stories about food were impor...

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Main Author: Keune, Jon (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maharashtra / Bhakti / Caste / Kommensurabilität
B Marathi / Religious literature / Bhakti
B Vārakarī
B India (West) / Bhakti / Hinduism / Caste / Religious ethnology
Further subjects:B Dinners and dining ; Religious aspects ; Hinduism
B Equality ; Religious aspects
B Equality ; India
B Bhakti Social aspects History
B Dalits
B Equality Religious aspects
B Bhakti ; Social aspects ; History
B Equality (India)
B Dinners and dining Religious aspects Hinduism
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Summary:"Shared Devotion, Shared Food" explores how people in western India wrestled for centuries with two competing values: a theological vision that God welcomes all people, and the social hierarchy of the caste system. Jon Keune examines the ways in which food and stories about food were important sites where this debate played out, particularly when people of high and low social status ate together. By studying Marathi manuscripts, nineteenth-century publications, plays, and films, this text reveals how the question of caste, inclusivity, and equality was formulated in different ways over the course of three centuries, and it explores why social equality remains so elusive in practice.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0197574866
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197574836.001.0001