| ID | 169997 |
| Title Proper | Bovine Politics in South Asia |
| Other Title Information | Rethinking Religion, Law and Ethics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Adcock, Cassie ; Govindrajan, Radhika |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This introduction outlines how the essays in this special section contribute to scholarship on cow protection in India. It argues that they disrupt three powerful framing binaries—religion/economy, legality/illegality and cow-lover/cow-killer—that have tended to dominate the literature on cow protection. Making tangible the analytical limits of these categories, the essays find new critical leverage in the everyday situated relationships between humans, bovines and the state. The essays are distinguished by their attention to bovines as creative and productive forces that are not mere symbols for human politics, but materially embodied and agentive beings that play a significant role in shaping the social and political worlds which emerge around them. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 42, No.6; Dec 2019: p.1095-1107 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2019-12 42, 6 |
| Key Words | Ethics ; Secularism ; Hindu Nationalism ; Legality ; Materiality ; Cow Protection ; Human–Animal Relations ; Sacred Cow |