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Delhi's meatscapes : Muslim butchers in a transforming mega-city

Title
Delhi's meatscapes : Muslim butchers in a transforming mega-city / Zarin Ahmad.
Author
Ahmad, Zarin
Publication
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018.

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Description
xii, 242 pages : 1 map (black and white); 23 cm
Subject
  • Muslim
  • Butchers (Persons) > India > Delhi > History
  • Meat industry and trade > India > Delhi > History
  • Muslims > India > Delhi > Social conditions
  • Muslims > India > Delhi > Economic conditions
  • Butchers (Persons)
  • Meat industry and trade
  • Muslims > Economic conditions
  • Muslims > Social conditions
  • Fleischproduktion
  • Sozialer Wandel
  • India > Delhi
  • Delhi
Genre/Form
  • Informational works.
  • Ethnographies.
  • History.
  • Études ethnographiques.
  • Documents d'information.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available as an e-book.
Contents
Taarikh e Quresh: History of the Biradri -- Bonds of cohesion: Community life in Delhi -- From the farm to the abattoir: Actors, networks, spaces -- Roadside vendors and glitzy malls: Delhi's diverse meatscapes -- Messy meat, messier politics: Relocating the abattoir -- Negotiating occupation, stigma, and sensitivity: Qureshis as agents of change.
ISBN
  • 9780199477807
  • 0199477809
  • 9780199095384 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0199095388 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2017353345
OCLC
  • on1045372803
  • 1045372803
  • SCSB-9152731
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library