Sacred Trees, Sacred Deer, Sacred Duty to Protect: Exploring Relationships between Humans and Nonhumans in the Bishnoi Community
This thesis explores relationships between humans and nonhumans in the Bishnoi community. The Bishnoi are a small Vaishnavite community most densely located in Rajasthan. They are well known in North-West India for defending and protecting the environment; sometimes even sacrificing their own lives...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32877 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4132 |