Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Forbidden Cravings: Exploring socio-cultural ramifications of food practices in Aamis Subject The topic of the resource Aamis; Assamese cuisine; cultural appropriation; food; food politics Description An account of the resource Food choices represent conscious affirmation and expression of personal, group, ethnic or national identity. Due to its multidimensional role, food that we rely on sustenance is often politicised and used as a tool to create conflict amongst and within diverse social groups. Assamese cuisine includes a rich platter of authentic food varieties, often limited to the north-eastern region. Although food consumption is a subjective experience, cultural taboos within a community might be acceptable practices in another culture, creating conflicting notions of food practices. The balance between the twin axis of culture and politics regarding food is disrupted when heterogeneous cultural patterns and opposing political notions are in discord. Similarly, the solidarity within a cultural group becomes hostile when the authority of the individual concerning food choices is not aligned with the authority of the social structure. This discord from a political and cultural standpoint is evident in the Assamese socio-cultural scenario. Taking Bhaskar Hazarika's Ravening/Aamis (2019) as a case study, this paper proposes to analyse the representational troupe of food, through a structuralist anthropological lens, with respect to food politics to understand socio-cultural ramifications of Assamese food patterns. 2022 Aesthetics Media Services. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jacob A.; Chattaraj D. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol-14, No. 2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Aesthetics Media Services Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.ne37" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.ne37</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134808390&amp;doi=10.21659%2Frupkatha.v14n2.ne37&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=4c58240ff579bc92415d9a1b2ec386c4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134808390&amp;doi=10.21659%2frupkatha.v14n2.ne37&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=4c58240ff579bc92415d9a1b2ec386c4</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9752935 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Jacob A., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India; Chattaraj D., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ University, Bangalore, India