Eating 'Modernity
Changing dietary practices in colonial Bengal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3636286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Utsa Ray (Institute of Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 703-729 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x11000515 |
| OpenAlex | W2330027742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 9 |
Colonial transformation of the relations of production contextualized the cultural articulation of a new set of values, prejudices, and tastes for the Bengali Hindu middle class. These cultural values, together with the political and economic conditions of colonialism, formed the habitus of this class. This paper tries to understand this self-fashioning by the middle class through their construction of a 'Bengali' cuisine. A distinct enthusiasm for new gastronomic possibilities defined this cuisine, and yet, at the same time, it possessed important elements of continuity from pre-colonial times, evidenced especially in the reinstitution of caste-based norms of gastronomy. The resultant cuisine was cosmopolitan yet still Bengali
Aesthetics · Articulation (sociology · BENGAL · Bengali · Caste · Class (philosophy · Colonialism · Cultural capital · Enthusiasm · Epistemology · Habitus · Hinduism · Linguistics · Middle class · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |