Eating Opportunities and Its Social Context of a Village in South Banten, West Java, Indonesia

For the people of a village in South Banten Wes Java eating is mt co ned to the domestic domain but extends widely to the social sphere of the village In addition to communa feasts all productive activ iti s and daily re atbnships provide eati g opportunities outside the household on which not a small part of subsistence is exp Cted to depend This report describes eating oPPortunities outside the househoId and weighs eir role in subsistence in terms of r ce intake It then exam nes the socioeconomic contexts of the relationships involved in eating More than half of th samplc househo ds particu larly those of younger generations did not obtain cnough rico annually lbr subsistence Most house - ho ds however met this level by taking every avai able opPortunity to eat both inside and outs de the vi1 age This provided 71 kg of rice 31 ofthe average annual rice intake per onsumer uni Of this 37 7kg