The Sexual Politics of Meat - 25th Anniversary Edition: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Bloomsbury Revelations) Kindle Edition by Carol J. Adams (Author

The Sexual Politics of Meat - 25th Anniversary Edition: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Bloomsbury Revelations) Kindle Edition

by Carol J. Adams  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

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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.

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From Publishers Weekly

Many cultures equate meat-eating with virility, and in some societies women offer men the "best" (i.e., bloodiest) food at the expense of their own nutritional needs. Building upon these observations, feminist activist Adams detects intimate links between the slaughter of animals and violence directed against women. She ties the prevalence of a carnivorous diet to patriarchal attitudes, such as the idea that the end justifies the means, and the objectification of others. In Frankenstein , Mary Shelley made her Creature a vegetarian, a point Adams relates to the Romantics' radical politics and to visionary novels by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dorothy Bryant and others. Adams, who teaches at Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, sketches the alliance of vegetarianism and feminism in antivivisection activism, the suffrage movement and 20th-century pacifism. Her original, provocative book makes a major contribution to the debate on animal rights.

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From Library Journal

Writer/activist/university lecturer Adams's important and provocative work compares myths about meat-eating with myths about manliness; and explores the literary, scientific, and social connections between meat-eating, male dominance, and war. Drawing on such diverse sources as butchering texts, cookbooks, Victorian "hygiene" manuals, and Alice Walker, the author provides a compelling case for inextricably linking feminist and vegetarian theory. This book is likely to both inspire and enrage readers across the political spectrum: we learn, for example, that veal was served at Gloria Steinem's 50th birthday, as well as of the atrocities of the slaughterhouse. One wishes Adams had been more careful about documenting some of her claims--her contention, for instance, that early humans were entirely vegetarian, requires scholarly support. Nevertheless this is recommended for both public and academic collections.

- Beverly Miller, Boise State Univ. Lib., Id.

Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016N2QTU8

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Academic; 1st edition (November 5, 2015)

Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 5, 2015

Language ‏ : ‎ English

File size ‏ : ‎ 4452 KB

Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported

Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled

X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe

Print length ‏ : ‎ 335 pages

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Customer Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars    139 ratings

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