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The analysis of meat and its place in Western culture has been central to Human-Animal Studies as a field. It is even more urgent now as global meat and dairy production are projected to rise dramatically by 2050. While the term 'carnism' denotes the invisible belief system (or ideology) t...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Human-animal studies,
volume 17 |
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| Summary: |
The analysis of meat and its place in Western culture has been central to Human-Animal Studies as a field. It is even more urgent now as global meat and dairy production are projected to rise dramatically by 2050. While the term 'carnism' denotes the invisible belief system (or ideology) that naturalizes and normalizes meat consumption, in this volume we focus on 'meat culture', which refers to all the tangible and practical forms through which carnist ideology is expressed and lived. Featuring new work from leading Australasian, European and North American scholars, 'Meat Culture', edited b |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004325869 (paperback) : 9004325867 (paperback) 9789004325845 (hardback) 9004325840 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | GT2868 |
| CLC: | TS251-05 |
| Call Number: | TS251-05/M484 |
| Contents: |
What is Meat Culture? / Derrida and The Sexual Politics of Meat / Rotten to the Bone : Discourses of Contamination and Purity in the European Horsemeat Scandal / Live Exports, Animal Advocacy, Race and 'Animal Nationalism' / The Whopper Virgins : Hamburgers, Gender, and Xenophobia in Burger King's Hamburger Advertising / With Care for Cows and a Love for Milk : Affect and Performance in Swedish Dairy Ind |