03797nam 2200673Ia 450 991045780600332120220203005710.01-283-32154-8978661332154110.12987/9780300152685(CKB)2550000000063494(StDuBDS)AH24487453(SSID)ssj0000566959(PQKBManifestationID)11335735(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566959(PQKBWorkID)10551966(PQKB)11563807(MiAaPQ)EBC3420750(DE-B1597)485154(OCoLC)761369166(DE-B1597)9780300152685(Au-PeEL)EBL3420750(CaPaEBR)ebr10509379(CaONFJC)MIL332154(OCoLC)923596840(EXLCZ)99255000000006349420110428d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrEvery twelve seconds[electronic resource] industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight /Timothy PachiratNew Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (320 p.)Yale agrarian studies seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-15267-1 0-300-15268-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --I. Hidden in Plain Sight --II. The Place Where Blood Flows --III. Kill Floor --IV. "Es todo por hoy" --V. One Hundred Thousand Livers --VI. Killing at Close Range --VII. Control of Quality --VIII. Quality of Control --IX. A Politics of Sight --Appendix A. Division of Labor on the Kill Floor --Appendix B. Cattle Body Parts and Their Uses --Notes --IndexThis is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political scientist Timothy Pachirat, was employed undercover for five months in a Great Plains slaughterhouse where 2,500 cattle were killed per day-one every twelve seconds. Working in the cooler as a liver hanger, in the chutes as a cattle driver, and on the kill floor as a food-safety quality-control worker, Pachirat experienced firsthand the realities of the work of killing in modern society. He uses those experiences to explore not only the slaughter industry but also how, as a society, we facilitate violent labor and hide away that which is too repugnant to contemplate.Through his vivid narrative and ethnographic approach, Pachirat brings to life massive, routine killing from the perspective of those who take part in it. He shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaughterhouse and in its interactions with the community at large. He also considers how society is organized to distance and hide uncomfortable realities from view. With much to say about issues ranging from the sociology of violence and modern food production to animal rights and welfare, Every Twelve Seconds is an important and disturbing work.Yale agrarian studies.Slaughtering and slaughter-housesSocial aspectsUnited StatesMeat industry and tradeSocial aspectsUnited StatesAnimal welfareUnited StatesElectronic books.Slaughtering and slaughter-housesSocial aspectsMeat industry and tradeSocial aspectsAnimal welfare664.9029Pachirat Timothy1976-1049270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457806003321Every twelve seconds2478135UNINA