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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806855303321

Autore

Wright Laura <1970->

Titolo

The vegan studies project : food, animals, and gender in the age of terror / / Laura Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-8203-4854-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

394.1/2

Soggetti

Veganism - Social aspects

Vegetarianism - Social aspects

Food habits - Moral and ethical aspects

Food habits - Social aspects

Food habits in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Framing Vegan Studies; CHAPTER 1 Tracing the Discourse of Veganism in Post-9/11 U.S. Culture; CHAPTER 2 Vegan Vampires: The Politics of Drinking Humans and Animals in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, and True Blood; CHAPTER 3 Vegan Zombies of the Apocalypse: McCarthy's The Road and Atwood's The Year of the Flood; CHAPTER 4 Death by Veganism, Veganorexia, and Vegaphobia: Women, Choice, and the Politics of "Disordered" Eating; CHAPTER 5 Men, Meat, and Hegan Identity: Veganism and the Discourse of Masculinity

CHAPTER 6 The Celebrity Vegan Project: Pamela, Mac, Mike, Ellen, and OprahCONCLUSION: National and Personal Narratives: Some Thoughts on the Future of Vegan Studies; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z