Zarin Ahmad

Delhi's Meatscapes

Muslim Butchers in a Transforming Mega City

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Produktbeschreibung

Delhi's Meatscapes brings together rare archival documents, vernacular sources, and ethnographic insights gleaned from several years of immersion in the city's meatscapes and is the first of its kind for urban anthropologists, economists, political scientists, policy planners and readers who wish to take a hard look at their own (non-) meat choices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780199477807
• ISBN-10: 0199477809
• Artikelnr.: 48813089

Autorenporträt

Zarin Ahmad is an Affiliated Research Fellow at the Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi. She is a New India Foundation Fellow and received her doctorate in South Asian Studies from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has previously worked on refugees and Muslim minorities in Sri Lanka in the context of the war.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgement
Introduction: Meatscapes and Muslim Butchers
1.: Taarikh e Quresh: History of the Biradri
2.: Bonds of Cohesion: Community Life in Delhi
3.: From the Farm to the Abattoir: Actors, Networks, Spaces
4.: Roadside Vendors and Glitzy Malls: Delhi's Diverse Meatscapes
5.: Messy Meat, Messier Politics: Relocating the Abattoir
6.: Negotiating Occupation, Stigma, and Sensitivity: Qureshis as Agents of Change
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author