The Ingredients of Casteism: Holy Week and Syrian Christian Food Practices in Kerala, IndiaSouth Asia: Journal of South Asian StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/AG7C5R7Y/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SonjaThomasThe Ingredients of Casteism: Holy Week and Syrian Christian Food Practices in Kerala, Indiahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/AG7C5R7Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/AG7C5R7Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/AG7C5R7YSouth Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies45:32022401-416This article examines casteism and the food practices of dominant-caste Syrian Christians during Holy Week in Kerala, India. Kerala is often deemed to be educated, progressive and secular. However, education and secular practices have not eradicated casteism. Looking at three specific breads made by Syrian Christians during Holy Week, I trace the difference between Syrian Christian <i>food-giving</i> to Dalit Bahujan workers, and <i>food-sharing</i> between Syrian Christians and dominant-caste Hindus. Food, I argue, gives us a lens to understand how casteism continues to function despite narratives of Kerala’s secular and progressive exceptionalism. Thomas, Sonja. “The Ingredients of Casteism: Holy Week and Syrian Christian Food Practices in Kerala, India.” South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 45:3 (2022): 401–16. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2021359. Sonja Thomas, The Ingredients of Casteism: Holy Week and Syrian Christian Food Practices in Kerala, India, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 45:3 (2022): 401–16, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2022.2021359.EasterHinduismIndiaKeralaSyro-MalabarXIX-XXI CEXXI CEbreadfeastsfoodidentitysociety