Love and death of cattle: The paradox in Suri attitudes toward livestock

Ethnos

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-364

  Abbink, Jon ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal human relations; Cruelty; Ethiopia; Morality; Pastoralism; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044802505     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014184032000134487     Document Type: Article

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