{"product_id":"animal-intimacies-radhika-govindrajan-9780226559841","title":"Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India's Central Himalayas","description":"What does ­it mean to live and die in relation to other animals? \u003ci\u003eAnimal Intimacies \u003c\/i\u003eposits this central question alongside the intimate--and intense--moments of care, kinship, violence, politics, indifference, and desire that occur between human and non-human animals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Built on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the mountain villages of India's Central Himalayas, Radhika Govindrajan's book explores the number of ways that human and animal interact to cultivate relationships as interconnected, related beings. Whether it is through the study of the affect and ethics of ritual animal sacrifice, analysis of the right-wing political project of cow-protection, or examination of villagers' talk about bears who abduct women and have sex with them, Govindrajan illustrates that multispecies relatedness relies on both difference and ineffable affinity between animals. \u003ci\u003eAnimal Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e breaks substantial new ground in animal studies, and Govindrajan's detailed portrait of the social, political and religious life of the region will be of interest to cultural anthropologists and scholars of South Asia as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Radhika Govindrajan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022655984X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226559841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Radhika Govindrajan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086417375487,"sku":"9780226559841","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_620844b7-867d-4721-95b7-1e6abbe284bd.jpg?v=1769094556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-intimacies-radhika-govindrajan-9780226559841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}