Food practices of a people is the product of multiple factors. Endogenous as well as exogenous factors influence people’s opinion and preferences about food. In India and its neighbouring countries, food practices are often delimited by economic standing, religion, caste and analogous systems of social ranking of the consumers. State and market forces also influence food behaviour by exercising control over production and trade. Food and Power: Expressions of Food-Politics in South Asia studies power relations between those who eat and those who decide (or at least try to decide) what people should eat. It raises questions pertaining to the politicization of ethnographic tradition in South Asia in relation to the intersection of religion, economy and food. This book explores how traditional food practices have undergone change owing to the influences of migration globalization and popular media to understand how ethos of the powerful affects the foodways of relatively weaker ethnic, religious, occupational and gender groups Contents: Changing Economy and Culture of Food Ziya Us Salam Tracing the Beef Politics of North India Sreenathan M Dravidian Food Culture: Discourse on Identity and Diffusion Svetlana Ryzhakova Food for Musicians: Gastric Ideas and Practices among North Indian Artistic Communities Nabakumar Duary Transaction of Food, Beverage and Ranking of Space Md. Ala Uddin Man, Medicine and Foods B. Francis Kulirani The Role of Panthibhojanam in the Navodhana Movement of Kerala Vishvajit Pandya and Madhumita Mazumdar Feeding the Jarawas Urmimala Sarkar Munsi Asserting ‘Freedom’: Building Resistance in Student Communities through Consumption Strategies Om Gurung and Uddhav Rai Food Culture and Power Relations in Nepali Society: A Case from Chepang Community Chhanda Mukhopadhyay Sustenance in the Margin: Food Ethnography of Kolkata Brothels Shibani Roy Hearth to Heaven: Ritualization of Food Dharitri Narzary Materiality of Boro Food Culture: Social and Cultural Meanings Kanchan Mukhopadhyay Food, Tradition and Politics among the Santals Saradindu Biswas Food Tradition of Chandal Community Shiba Desor, Manish Chandi and Saw John Aung Thong Place, Space, Identity and Transforming Cuisine among the Karen of the Andamans Amitabha Sarkar Small Community and Large Industries: Food and Other Resources of Dandami Maria of Bastar Ratna Dhar The Idea of Food: A Discourse Encompassing Two Religious Faiths Moumita Dey Gender Politics and Food Practices in Urban West Bengal Index