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The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by: Carol J. Adams List Price: $18.95 Price: $4.52 You Save: $14.43 (76%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 179.3 EAN: 9780826405135 ISBN: 0826405134 Label: Continuum Intl Pub Group Manufacturer: Continuum Intl Pub Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 1991-03 Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group Studio: Continuum Intl Pub Group Sales Rank: 188840 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: In just over a year, the book with the strange title--and even strager ideas, some would say--has become the classic articulation of the hidden connections between meat eating and patriarchy, between vegetarianism and feminism. Now in paperback and widely available to readers everywhere, The Sexual Politics of Meat will have an even larger impact on the American public. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Sorry Carol but this book makes me sad =/ Feminism AND veganism? This would seem like the book of my dreams. But it wasn't. I was looking for some really strong arguments backed with opinions and modern issues, but there wasn't anything like that in this book. In fact I'm sure that I could come up with better points in comparing animal exploitation to women's exploitation. Though I do feel happy that this book was written and I respect Carol J. Adams for writing it. Rating:  - Save the bunnies! (But let us kill our unborn babies)This is the kind of book scientists researching the history of gender studies in a few centuries will go wild about. It captures in a nutshell all that is wrong and illogical in modern feminism, and contains the reason why feminism will soon die a natural death like all the other illiberal 'isms' of the past. The author is clearly a vegetarian and by definition pro-abortion, but does she realise that before the influence of feminism started twisting human morality, it was unthinkable for vegetarians to support abortion! No rational human being could honestly put the value of animal life above that of human life, unless their morality and ethics have been twisted by one or another 'ism'. We know this only too well from the horrible effects ... Read More: Rating:  - Thoughtful and intriguingAn obvious connection overlooked before Carol Adams came along to illuminate it for us. Rating: - A MUST READ for women who don't want to be treated like meatMany feminists do not like to be treated like meat or like animals. I think this is because we all know, consciously or not, the extent and nature of animal oppression. Why have feminists for so long co-opted these animal metaphors to explain their own oppression, yet failed to see that these metaphors only work BECAUSE animals themselves are so oppressed? Carol Adams is among the first to step forward and call for feminist attention to animal rights and meat eating. She makes points in this book which are revolutionary and, I believe, will be the future of feminism. The questions she raises about species are no less reasonable than questions other feminists have raised about race, class, gender, and any other facet of identity. ... Read More: Rating: - The Sexual Politics of Meat: ; An Ecofeminist classicI first read THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT in 1990. I had just become a vegetarian. This book connected my feminist politics with my vegetarian politics. This book was a groundbreaking work in ecofeminist theory. Ms. Adams shows how a patriarchal society oppresses animals, women and the very planet Earth itself. She shows us how our dietary choices can be a resistance to the oppressive patriarchal status quo. This book continues to empower me. In 2004 this book is more relevant than ever. |
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