Meat, mercy, morality : animals and humanitarianism in colonial Bengal, 1850-1920
This work disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British colonialism in India. It contends that the colonial project of animal protection in late nineteenth-century Bengal mirrored an irony. Emerging notions of public health and debates on cruelty against...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New Delhi : Oxford University Press,
2021
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Schlagworte: | Animal welfare Animals as carriers of disease Humanitarianism |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | This work disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British colonialism in India. It contends that the colonial project of animal protection in late nineteenth-century Bengal mirrored an irony. Emerging notions of public health and debates on cruelty against animals exposed the disjunction between the claims of a benevolent Empire and a powerful imperial reality where the state constantly sought to discipline its subjects-both human and nonhuman. Centred around stories of animals as diseased, eaten, and overworked, the book shows how such contests over appropriate measures for controlling animals became part of wider discussions surrounding environmental ethics, diet, sanitation, and the politics of race and class. |
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| Beschreibung: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 6, 2021) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (288 pages) illustrations (black and white). |
| ISBN: | 9780190993948 0190993944 9780190129132 0190129131 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780190129132.001.0001 |