Mother Cow, Mother India A Multispecies Politics of Dairy in India

India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred. And yet India is among the world's leading producers of beef, leather, and milk, industries sustained by the mass slaughter of bovines...

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Main Author:	Narayanan, Yamini
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Redwood City Stanford University Press 2023
Edition:	1
Series:	South Asia in Motion
Subjects:	Animal welfare-India Cow protection Cow slaughter Cow trafficking Cows Cows-Religious aspects-Hinduism Dairy farming Dairying Gaushala Hinduism and politics Hindutva India Informal economy Mother Cow POLITICAL SCIENCE / General SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban Veganism Hindutva Cow trafficking Informal economy Cow slaughter Cow protection Veganism Dairying Gaushala Mother Cow India
ISBN:	9781503634381, 1503634388, 9781503634374, 150363437X
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