Food: The immanent cause from outside. Medical lore on food and health in village Tamil Nadu

Sujatha, V.

dc.contributor.author	Sujatha, V.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-03T07:58:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-03T07:58:21Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.citation	Sociological Bulletin. 51(1); 2002; 80-100.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/1457
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyses the ideas and practices about food in village Tamil Nadu and discusses the village-folk's knowledge of health. It is divided into three parts: the first part outlines the content of the villagers' diet; the second part examines their ideas relating to food and its significance, and the norms governing food and eating; and the third part highlights the features of medical lore as a knowledge system.
dc.publisher	Indian Sociological Society	en_US
dc.subject	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	Food: The immanent cause from outside. Medical lore on food and health in village Tamil Nadu	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US