illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-263) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introducing 'foreign' food : changes in the gastronomic culture of colonial Bengal -- The cosmopolitan and the regional : understanding Bengali cuisine -- Aestheticizing labor? : an affective discourse of cooking in colonial Bengal -- Constructing 'Bengali' cuisine : caste, class and communal negotiations -- Fashioning the 'Bengali' middle-class : dilemma of the regional and the sub-regional
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Discusses the cuisine to understand the construction of colonial middle-class in Bengal"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Food habits-- India-- Bengal-- History
Food habits-- Social aspects-- India-- Bengal-- History