Sexual Politics of Meat A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory

Name: Sexual Politics of Meat A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
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ISBN: 9781441173287

ISBN-10: 1441173285

ISBN-13: 9781441173287

Edition: 20th 2010 (Anniversary)

Authors: Carol J. Adams

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The Sexual Politics of Meat argues that what, or more precisely who, we eat is determined by the patriarchal politics of our culture, and that the meanings attached to meat eating are often clustered around virility.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 20th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 5/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Carol J. Adams is a nationally known writer and lecturer on the vegetarian lifestyle, constantly speaking at conferences an academic meetings and on college campuses across the country. Her landmark book "The Sexual Politics of Meat" was recently reissue on its 10th anniversary. She also authored the "Inner Art of Vegetarianism" series. Adams lives in Texas.



List of Illustrations


Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition


Acknowledgments


Foreword by ... (to come)



The Patriarchal Texts of Meat



The Sexual Politics of Meat



The Rape of Animals, the Butchering of Women



Masked Violence, Muted Voices



The Word Made Flesh



From the Belly of Zeus



Dismembered Texts, Dismembered Animals



Frankenstein's Vegetarian Monster



Feminism, the Great War, and Modern Vegetarianism



Eat Rice Have Faith in Women



The Distortion of the Vegetarian Body



For a Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory


Epilogue: Destabilizing Patriarchal Consumption


Notes


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Index