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‘Go on, just try some!’: Meat and Meaning-Making among South Indian Christians
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Much of what has been written about Hindu food practices in classical South Asian ethnography—whether about commensality or about what is actually consumed—implies a direct correlation between the ...
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Buddhist Vegetarian Restaurants and the Changing Meanings of Meat in Urban China
Klein, J. A. (2017) · Ethnos · doi:10.1080/00141844.2015.1084016 · Cited by 39
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- Authors
- Staples, J.
- Affiliations
- Brunel University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Staples, James
- ORCID
- Staples, James
- Venue
- South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-04
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 36-55
- ISSN
- 0085-6401 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-0270
- OpenAlex
- W2123860069
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 18 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- bura.brunel.ac.uk
- Locations
- South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies (publishedVersion)
- Brunel University Research Archive (BURA) (Brunel University London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › South Asian Studies and Diaspora
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Keywords
- meat consumption, meaning-making, commensality, food and identity, religious food practices
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