Download or read book Feasting and Social Oscillation written by A. Thomas Kirsch and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals but have largely ignored the role of religion when constructing an analytical framework. The author contends that religious phenomena are inextricably intertwined with issues of power, politics, and economics among the upland groups (such as the Kachin) of Southeast Asia.