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The beef taboo in China : agriculture, ethics, sacrifice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goossaert, Vincent (Author)
Other Authors: Ambros, Barbara, 1968- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Beef > China > Religious aspects.
Taboo > China.
Beef industry > China.
Animal sacrifice > China.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Animals, meat, and sacrifice in China
  • Chapter 2: Chinese cattle as political animals
  • Chapter 3: The revelation of a new sin
  • Chapter 4: The beef taboo and late imperial Chinese ethics
  • Chapter 5: The beef taboo in late imperial Chinese society
  • Conclusion.