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Title: | Beef and beyond: exploring the meat consumption practices of Christians in India |
Authors: | Staples, J |
Keywords: | India;Meat;Consumption;Christianity |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
Citation: | Ethnos: journal of anthropology, Consumer and Consumed: Special Issue, 72 (2): (2017) |
Abstract: | Meat-eating in India cannot be analysed simply as a marker of ritual impurity: the culinary experiences of South Indian Christians also indicate the importance of meat in forging positive identities. In this paper, I draw out some of the fine-grained distinctions made by my informants in relation to meat-eating, which suggest that its consumption is shaped not only by caste and religion, but in relation to gender, age, status and other personal considerations. Secondly, I attempt to situate these practices within wider contexts: the cross-cutting influences of national anti-cattle slaughter campaigns and reactions against them; a growing movement of environmentalists and food activists; and the economics of meat production, which are rapidly changing in relation to new farming methods and other ecological shifts. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11761 |
ISSN: | 2090-4045 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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