The Sexual Politics of Meat A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory

by Adams, Carol J.

• ISBN13: 9781501312830
• ISBN10: 1501312839
• Edition: Anniv.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-10-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Sexual Politics of Meat is Carol Adams' inspiring and controversial exploration of the interplay between contemporary society's ingrained cultural misogyny and its obsession with meat and masculinity. First published in 1990, the book has continued to change the lives of tens of thousands of readers into the second decade of the 21st century.

Published in the year of the book's 25th anniversary, the Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a substantial new afterword, including more than 20 new images and discussions of recent events that prove beyond doubt the continuing relevance of Adams' revolutionary book.

Author Biography

Carol J. Adams is an activist and author of The Pornography of Meat, Living Among Meat Eaters, and many other books challenging a sexist, meat-eating world. She is a sought-after speaker throughout North America and Europe, and has been invited to more than 100 campuses to show "The Sexual Politics of Meat Slide Show," which is always being updated to include contemporary cultural representations.

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition

Preface to the Original Edition

Foreword by Nellie McKay

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Patriarchal Texts of Meat
Chapter 1
The Sexual Politics of Meat
Chapter 2
The Rape of Animals, the Butchering of Women
Chapter 3
Masked Violence, Muted Voices
Chapter 4
The Word Made Flesh
Part Two: From the Belly of Zeus
Chapter 5
Dismembered Texts, Dismembered Animals
Chapter 6
Frankenstein's Vegetarian Monster
Chapter 7
Feminism, the Great War, and Modern Vegetarianism
Part Three: Eat Rice Have Faith in Women
Chapter 8
The Distortion of the Vegetarian Body
Chapter 9
For a Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Epilogue:
Destabilizing Patriarchal Consumption
Afterword to the Bloomsbury Revelations edition
Notes
Select Bibliography
Twentieth Anniversary Bibliography
Index