Animal sacrifice, religion and law in South Asia / edited by Daniela Berti and Anthony Good.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berti, Daniela, editor.

Good, Anthony, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series ; 14.

Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal sacrifice--Law and legislation--India.

Animal sacrifice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 280 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction : the judicialisation and politicisation of sacrifice / Daniela Berti & Anthony Good

Animal sacrifice, politics and the law in Tamil Nadu, South India / Anthony Good

Animal sacrifice on trial : moral reforms and religious freedom in India / Daniela Berti

Hidden meanings of buffalo sacrifice : Dalit defiance and the working of law and the state in South India / Aya Ikegame

On blood, power, and public interest : the concealment of Hindu sacrificial rites under Indian law / Deonnie G. Moodie

'Who belled the cat?' : The magistrate, the king, the pandit and the abolition of animal sacrifice in a Bengali town / Raphaël Voix

The last straw on the camel's back : analysing judicial decisions and legal approaches on protection of camels in India / Ritwick Dutta

'Not in the name of dharma' : a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nepal on mass sacrifices at the Gaḍhī Māī Melā / Chiara Letizia & Blandine Ripert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Animal sacrifice, religion and law in South Asia

ISBN:

9781003284949

1003284949

9781000930061

1000930068

9781000930108

1000930106

Publisher Number:

40031852273

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