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Sacred cows and chicken Manchurian : the everyday politics of eating meat in India /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staples, James, 1966- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Series:Culture, place, and nature.
Subjects:
Food habits > India.
Meat industry and trade > Social aspects > India.
Meat > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : sacred cows and chicken Manchurian
  • Differential histories of meat-eating in India
  • Everyday South Indian foodways
  • From cattle shed to dinner plate
  • Cattle slaughter, beef-eating, and ambivalence
  • Health, the environment, and the riseof the chicken
  • From caste to class in food
  • Conclusion : taking on sacred cows.