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The Sexual Politics of Meat (20th Anniversary Edition): A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Carol J. Adams
3.91 AVERAGE
194 reviews for:
The Sexual Politics of Meat (20th Anniversary Edition): A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Carol J. Adams
3.91 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
glad i checked out the reviews. don't want to get into a biphobic white cishet centered narrative of feminism and veganism. Its a great topic but I don't think this book is it. Even the preface sounds so accusatory, I think this would've been v frustrating. I'll pass.
medium-paced
“A feminist-vegan critical theory begins, as we have seen, with the perception that women and animals are similarly positioned in a patriarchal world, as objects rather than subjects” (168).
Really interesting! I’m vegetarian and don’t particularly plan on becoming vegan, but this book did have a lot of good points. Interested in the absent referent, would like a bit more on how women are made absent given that book focused more on animals.
Really interesting! I’m vegetarian and don’t particularly plan on becoming vegan, but this book did have a lot of good points. Interested in the absent referent, would like a bit more on how women are made absent given that book focused more on animals.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Incredible - not just an exposé on violence and sexual violence against the feminine and the animal, which of course it is, but also frames the perception of health, nutrition and mealtime in underlying misogyny in a way that helps explain why vegetarianism and veganism holds the status that it does in our minds and societies, and why it is so difficult for people to change their behaviours. I think this is a really important read or listen for anyone that engages in feminist theory. It might not radicalise you but it certainly might make you think twice and reflect on your own relationship to meat and meals
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets, zoos, laboratories, and circuses, and through our language. That we refer to meat eating rather than to corpse eating is a central example of how our language transmits the dominant culture’s approval of this activity.
i hesitate to give this a star rating because A. it took me like 6 months to get through and B. it was kind of too academic to be rated using my usual scale (was it enjoyable? not really. but was it interesting? mostly) so idk. i was hoping for more of a deep dive into the connections between the oppression of animals and of women, but it was more so an analysis of old feminist literature and its mentions of meat... glad i read it but honestly glad to be done.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny
Wow I can see why this is considered a foundational text and is referenced in so many other books I've read.
She makes her case in a strong and well-backed way. She holds no punches.
But admittedly, if you're not already feminist and/or vegetarian, I can imagine this being jarring and off-putting. Not an introduction to either.
I also found the writing style to be dense and academic, which makes it less accessible. I appreciated her consistent tone and deep analysis, but it was difficult to read.
Overall still glad I read it and I will be examining the language I use, and the language and imagery I see in media, a lot more closely. I am more inclined to make the subject in the "absent referent" more present in conversations.
She makes her case in a strong and well-backed way. She holds no punches.
But admittedly, if you're not already feminist and/or vegetarian, I can imagine this being jarring and off-putting. Not an introduction to either.
I also found the writing style to be dense and academic, which makes it less accessible. I appreciated her consistent tone and deep analysis, but it was difficult to read.
Overall still glad I read it and I will be examining the language I use, and the language and imagery I see in media, a lot more closely. I am more inclined to make the subject in the "absent referent" more present in conversations.
The topic is really interesting to me, but this book just didn't deliver.
I thought it would be analysis, but it is more of a catalogue of all the times meat has been included in feminist analysis. Since it was written in the 90s, I believe this catalogue is very limited and outdated. The language is very dry and academic. Adams regularly references "the absent referent," but I couldn't find where she ever defined that term in the first place!
Overall, quite confusing and boring, on a topic I generally find interesting.
I thought it would be analysis, but it is more of a catalogue of all the times meat has been included in feminist analysis. Since it was written in the 90s, I believe this catalogue is very limited and outdated. The language is very dry and academic. Adams regularly references "the absent referent," but I couldn't find where she ever defined that term in the first place!
Overall, quite confusing and boring, on a topic I generally find interesting.
challenging
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reflective
medium-paced
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