Crossing the veg/non-veg divide: Commensality and sociality among the middle classes in Madras/Chennai

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-142

  Caplan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 40949165435     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856400701874742     Document Type: Article

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