Street Food Vending in Urban Assam: An Anthropological Appraisal

About The Book : Street foods are popular edibles sold in almost every country of the world; encompassing anything sold on the streets that can be eaten without further processing. Consumption of ready-to-eat cooked food on the streets has been in practice since the dawn of civilization. Today, more than 2.3 billion people across the world consume street foods on a daily basis. Based on research carried out from 1991-1993 and then on 2009 and 2019, Street Food Vending in Urban Assam: An Anthropological Appraisal traces the emergence of street foods in the urban precincts of Guwahati in Assam. It highlights how eating of prepared foods on the streets began to be socially accepted as urbanization progressed, breaking barriers of caste restrictions attached to cooked food. About The Author : Mini Bhattacharyya Thakur is a professor of Social Anthropology at Gauhati University. She completed her BA in Anthropology from Cotton College as the topper and 'Best Graduate' in Bachelor of Arts under Gauhati University after which she received her MA in Anthropology from University of Delhi. She obtained her Ph.D in Anthropology from Gauhati University in 1998 under the guidance of Professor A.C. Bhagabati. She has published several scholarly articles in journals, reports and coedited a book on Cultural Heritage of Assam published by Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi in 2017. Her research interests include food studies, medical anthropology and tribal development in North East India. CONTENTS Preface ...............................................................................................................9 List of Tables .....................................................................................................11 List of Figures ....................................................................................................13 List of Plates .....................................................................................................15 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................17 2. Food in Assamese Culture .............................................................................29 3. Guwahati city- The Setting .............................................................................37 4. Street Food Varieties in Guwahati .................................................................51 5. Street Food Vendors.....................................................................................71 6. The Street Food Trade .................................................................................97 7. Street Food and Municipal Control.............................................................111 8. Summary and Conclusion ............................................................................129 References .....................................................................................................135 Appendices ...................................................................................................139 Glossary .......................................................................................................151 Plates .............................................................................................................155 The Title 'Street Food Vending in Urban Assam: An Anthropological Appraisal written/authored/edited by Mini Bhattacharyya Thakur', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121219891 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 174 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology/Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-