Beef and Beyond: Exploring the Meat Consumption Practices of Christians in India

Ethnos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 232-251

  Staples, James ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christianity; consumption; India; meat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958038768     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141844.2015.1084017     Document Type: Article

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