Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian: The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in Indi

Description: Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian by James Staples, K. Sivaramakrishnan 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New 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. Review "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 offood and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian inthe early twenty-first century." * New Books in Anthropology *"Staples ushers us beyond binaries and into the lives of everyday eaters whose thoughts and politics rarely fall neatly into any standardized categories." * HIMALAYA: The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies *"[E]ssential reading on food politics in South India." * The Wire *"Through a detailed examination of the ways in which people negotiate the politics of eating meat in their everyday lives, Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian calls attention to the ambiguities, contradictions, and compromises that characterize Indian foodways as they evolve within specific historical and material contexts." * Journal of Asian Studies * Promotional Challenges popular generalizations about cow protection and beef consumption Review Quote 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 offood and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian inthe early twenty-first century. Promotional "Headline" Challenges popular generalizations about cow protection and beef consumption Details ISBN0295747889 Author K. Sivaramakrishnan Short Title Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0295747889 ISBN-13 9780295747880 Format Paperback Subtitle The Everyday Politics of Eating Meat in India Pages 248 Publication Date 2020-11-15 DEWEY 394.120954 UK Release Date 2020-11-15 Imprint University of Washington Press Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-11-15 NZ Release Date 2020-11-15 US Release Date 2020-11-15 Illustrations 11 b&w illus. Publisher University of Washington Press Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9780295747873 Series Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161776290;

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