This book encapsulates the socio-cultural meanings of sweets - ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a part of 'Bengali' diet with a past of acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes for food security.
septembre 2025, env. 210 pages, Ethnographic Innovations, South Asian Perspectives, Anglais
Taylor and Francis
978-1-032-29186-4