How does someone become a piece of meat? Carol J. Adams answers this question in this provocative book—her most controversial since The Sexual Politics of Meat—by finding insidious, hidden meanings in the culture around us. With 200 illustrations, this courageous book establishes why Adams's slide show, upon which The Pornography of Meat is based is so popular on campuses and is reviled by the groups she takes on with insight and passion.
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Nevertheless this is recommended for both public and academic collections.
At a nonverbal level, contents of the meal disempower the vegetarian while making meat eaters more defensive. ... A lengthier, more eclectic, but equally compelling pamphlet is 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian by Pamela Rice (available ...
Carol Adams's Burger is a fast-paced and eclectic exploration of the history, business, cultural dynamics, and gender politics of the ordinary hamburger. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Finally, this compelling collection suggests that the subordination and degradation of women is a prototype for other forms of abuse, and that to deny this connection is to participate in the continued mistreatment of animals and women.
Even if you haven't read the original work, you're sure to be moved and inspired by these tales of growing up and, perhaps more important, waking up to the truths around us.
Protest Kitchen is the first book to explore the ways in which a more plant-based diet challenges regressive politics and fuels the resistance.
J. Baird Callicott contends that farm animals “have been bred to docility, tractability, stupidity, and dependency. It is literally meaningless to suggest that they be liberated” (J. Baird Callicott, In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays ...
This is followed by contributions from leading theorists and activists on how our emotions and embodiment can and must inform our relationships with the more than human world.
In Why It’s OK to Eat Meat, Dan C. Shahar argues the answer is no: it’s entirely possible to be an ethical person while continuing to eat meat—and not just the "fancy" offerings from the farmers' market but also the regular meat we ...