Meat Culture

by Nik Taylor, Jacqueline Dalziell, Matthew Calarco, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004325840
• ISBN13: 9789004325845
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"