The Sexual Politics of Meat

A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory

Paperback, 272 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 1999 by Continuum International Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-8264-1184-6
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OCLC Number:
41285110

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""The connections traced between rampant masculinity, misogyny, carnivorism, and militarism operate as powerfully today as when Carol Adams first diagnosed them twenty years ago." JM Coetzee" "For twenty years, The Sexual Politics of Meat has inspired, engaged, and challenged readers. Now , with a preface by Nellie McKay, an expansive new Introduction by the author, and 8 pages of images culled from popular culture, The Sexual Politics of Meat is as startling, revelatory, thought-provoking, and life-changing as when it first appeared." "A bible of the vegan community." New York Times" ""Her argument is rational and persuasive . New ground -whole acres of it - is broken by Adams." Washington Post" ""Important and provocative . Likely to both inspire and enrage readers across the political spectrum." Library Journal" ""Adams's original, provocative book makes a major contribution to the debate on animal rights." Publishers Weekly" ""The Sexual Politics of Meat couldn't be …

9 editions

Ehhhh...?

It's

okay?

It's a lot thinner on concepts and insight than I'd hoped and has the flaws radical feminist writing often does: penis as sole implementation and synecdoche of sexual violence, ahistoric lauding of women led societies as inherently fair and non violent, bits of evopsych dripping in

It also wasn't, like, bad? But I feel like the first 30 pages and the last twentyish are really the heart of the text with a lot of filler

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Subjects

  • Feminism
  • Vegetarianism: social & moral aspects
  • Women's Studies - General
  • Literary Criticism
  • Vegetarianism
  • Sociology
  • Patriarchy
  • Animal Rights
  • Feminism & Feminist Theory
  • General
  • Animal welfare
  • Feminist theory
  • Social aspects

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