Beings and beasts: human-animal relations at the margins

By:

Aiyadurai, Ambika (Ed.)

Contributor(s):

Ingole, Prashant [Co-editor]

Publication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2025.Description: ix, 227 p.: ill.; hbk.: 23 cmISBN:

9781009529938

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.27 AIY

Summary: While, a lot has been written about the need to 'decolonize' animal studies and wildlife conservation, there is no discussion or attempt to 'de-brahminize' animal studies and conservation science in India. Similarly, some animals and birds are positioned as superior in the Brahmanical social order, others seem to be subordinated and are associated with certain 'inferior' caste groups. Beings and Beasts discusses the relations between humans and animals of marginalized societies, especially of Dalits and Tribals. It analyses the various ways of perceiving the 'conjoint' living and examines it from multiple perspectives and disciplinary lenses. Interdisciplinary work on ecology, human-animal relations, and animal studies from a perspective grounded in the humanities Covers caste-based relations to animals which is currently absent in Environmental Studies https://www.cambridge.org/tf/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/south-asian-government-politics-and-policy/beings-and-beasts-human-animal-relations-margins?format=HB

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	304.27 AIY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	036111
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	304.27 AIY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	036068

Includes Contributors and Index

While, a lot has been written about the need to 'decolonize' animal studies and wildlife conservation, there is no discussion or attempt to 'de-brahminize' animal studies and conservation science in India. Similarly, some animals and birds are positioned as superior in the Brahmanical social order, others seem to be subordinated and are associated with certain 'inferior' caste groups. Beings and Beasts discusses the relations between humans and animals of marginalized societies, especially of Dalits and Tribals. It analyses the various ways of perceiving the 'conjoint' living and examines it from multiple perspectives and disciplinary lenses.

Interdisciplinary work on ecology, human-animal relations, and animal studies from a perspective grounded in the humanities
Covers caste-based relations to animals which is currently absent in Environmental Studies

https://www.cambridge.org/tf/universitypress/subjects/politics-international-relations/south-asian-government-politics-and-policy/beings-and-beasts-human-animal-relations-margins?format=HB

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