Description: Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian by James Staples, K. Sivaramakrishnan Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication. The recent rise of Hindu nationalism has further polarized traditional views: Dalits, Muslims, and Christians protest threats to their beef-eating heritage while Hindu fundamentalists rally against those who eat the sacred cow. Yet close observation of what people do and do not eat, the styles and contexts within which they do so, and the disparities between rhetoric and everyday action overturns this simplistic binary opposition.Understanding how a food can be implicated in riots, vigilante attacks, and even murders demands that we look beyond immediate politics to wider contexts. Drawing on decades of ethnographic research in South India, James Staples charts how cattle owners, brokers, butchers, cooks, and occasional beef eaters navigate the contemporary political and cultural climate. Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian offers a fine-grained exploration of the current situation, locating it within the wider anthropology of food and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian in the early twenty-first century. Author Biography James Staples is reader in social anthropology at Brunel University London and author of Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin and Peculiar People, Amazing Lives: Leprosy, Social Exclusion and Community Making in South India. Details ISBN 0295747889 ISBN-13 9780295747880 Title Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian Author James Staples, K. Sivaramakrishnan Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 248 Publisher University of Washington Press GE_Item_ID:136586960; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780295747880
Book Title: Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian : the Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Asia / India & South Asia, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: James Staples
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Series: Culture, Place, and Nature Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
