The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-vegetarian Critical Theory: Tenth Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Carol Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826411843 ISBN 13: 9780826411846

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

An examination of the historical, gender, race and class implications of meat culture, making the links between the practice of butchering/eating animals and the maintenance of male dominance. This tenth anniversary edition includes a new preface by Carol Adams that answers the question she is most often asked: why did you write this book? Adams also discusses new developments in feminist thought and animal rights, and updates the statistics and information provided.

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Review:

"A bible of the vegan community." --The New York Times "Adams's original, provocative book makes a major contribution to the debate on animal rights." Publishers Weekly "I appreciated learning about Nellie McKay, the vegan-feminist, singer-songwriter, and of Daniel Menaker's visit to her apartment, where he found a 'heavily underlined and annotated book about the connection between male oppression and meat-eating.' Based on a quick survey, he concluded that the unnamed book 'appears to make a good deal of disturbing sense.' The name of the book is 'The Sexual Politics of Meat, ' and I am its author." Carol J. Adams, letter to the editor, New York Times Magazine, published Jan. 16, 2005 "An intelligent polemic...Adams's observations are telling, most are seductively sprung...the argument is both thoughtful and thought-provoking." Kirkus Review "An important and provocative work...the author provides a compelling case for inextricably linking feminist and vegetarian theory. This book is likely both to inspire and enrage readers across the political spectrum." Library Journal "It's a consciousness-raising and conscience-challenging book." Andrea Dworkin "A bible of the vegan community." The New York Times

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826411843
• ISBN 13: 9780826411846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272