Animal ethics and Hinduism's milking, mothering legends: analysing Krishna the butter thief and the Ocean of Milk
The Hindu ethic of cow protectionism is legislatively interpreted in many Indian states through the criminalisation of cow slaughter, and beef consumption, obscuring dairying's direct role in the butchery of spent female and unproductive male bovines. Cow milk, however, is celebrated as sacred...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2018]
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Sophia
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-149 |
IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism FD Contextual theology KBM Asia NBD Doctrine of Creation NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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Krishna
B Feminist B Cow protection B Dairy B Hinduism B Motherhood B Mother cow B Vegan B India B Milk |
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