'Glory to the cow': Cultural difference and social justice in the food hierarchy in India

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-35

  Chigateri, Shraddha ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

RATTUS;

EID: 40949127857     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856400701874692     Document Type: Article

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