"Labors of Love: The Ethics and Politics of Attachment in Central Himalayan Cow-Protection Politics"

This talk asks how conceptualizing love as work can provide a fresh perspective on scholarly concerns about the politics of love. It addresses this question through an ethnographic exploration of a right-wing cow-protection movement in the Indian Himalayas. I trace how the different labors involved in loving cows produce a varying set of relationships and obligations that crucially shape the politics and ethics of love.

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