The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820348562 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her specific focus is on the construction and depiction of the vegan bodyboth male and femaleas a contested site manifest in contemporary works of literature, popular cultural representations, advertising, and new media. At the same time, Wright looks at critical animal studies, human-animal studies, posthumanism, and ecofeminism as theoretical frameworks that inform vegan studies (even as they differ from it).The vegan body, says Wright, threatens the status quo in terms of what we eat, wear, and purchaseand also in how vegans choose not to participate in many aspects of the mechanisms undergirding mainstream culture. We have an abundance of texts on vegans and veganism including works of advocacy, literary and popular fiction, film and television, and cookbooks, yet until now, there has been no study that examines the social and cult
(Tristram Stuart, author of The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times and Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal)The relevance of veganism in contemporary literature, advertising, films, and television (including stories of vampires and the apocalypse), encourages readers to broaden their understanding of veganism and the vegan body in the context of modern life and cultural references in the US. (Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight about Animals)Studies like Laura Wright’smore than anything elseshow how the vegan and vegetarian label and identity are a millstone and a barrier that hinders wider society’s willingness to engage seriously with the rights and wrongs of producing, killing, and eating so many animals. If our strategy i
Now I know what a Hegan is. The thing that makes this book so cool is the way that Wright places 9/11 as a signpost for a shift in the way that American society represented and treated veganism. The book traces the history of veganism in the United States, and it plays around with the concept of a field of “vegan studies” as something distinct from traditional food studies or animal rights. The texts that are analyzed are diverse: television and film, news stories about such things as “death by veganism,” the link (or lack of link) between veganism and eating disorders, and the ways that celebrity veganism is a mixed bag o. "An Academic Study" according to Darcia Helle. I've been a vegetarian for 18 years, and was vegan for about two years. The thing that caught me completely off guard at the start, and still manages to confound (and irritate!) me, is the negative reaction from family, friends, and complete strangers. I am continually amazed at the vitriol, thinly disguised as "humorous" sarcasm, that I endure from some people. While I don't criticize people for eating meat, many seem perfectly comfortable criticizing me for my choice not to eat meat.Given that background, I was thrilled to come across this book. I was hoping for insight into why certain people become angry, while oth. "An insightful perspective on veganism in American culture" according to Harold Herzog. The Vegan Studies Project is an important contribution to the literature on veganism and vegetarianism in contemporary American culture. My views of Laura Wight's book are summarized in the cover blurb I provided to the publisher. "Combining personal narratives and gender studies with ecofeminism and pop culture, The Vegan Studies Project offers a brilliant analysis of the impact of vegans and veganism on America’s cultural landscape. Laura Wright’s argument for a new field of vegan studies rings true, and this book will be the foundational text."
Her books include Wilderness into Civilized Shapes: Reading the Postcolonial Environment (Georgia). . LAURA WRIGHT is head of the English Department at Western Carolina University