Compassion and contamination. Cultural differences in vegetarianism

Appetite

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 340-3348

  Ruby, Matthew B ^a   Heine, Steven J ^b   Kamble, Shanmukh ^c   Cheng, Tessa K ^d   Waddar, Mahadevi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethics morality; Food; Meat; Values; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MEAT; OMNIVORE; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 84884972814     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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