LEADER 03797nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910457806003321 005 20220203005710.0 010 $a1-283-32154-8 010 $a9786613321541 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300152685 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063494 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24487453 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000566959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335735 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000566959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10551966 035 $a(PQKB)11563807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420750 035 $a(DE-B1597)485154 035 $a(OCoLC)761369166 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300152685 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509379 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL332154 035 $a(OCoLC)923596840 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063494 100 $a20110428d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEvery twelve seconds$b[electronic resource] $eindustrialized slaughter and the politics of sight /$fTimothy Pachirat 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aYale agrarian studies series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-15267-1 311 $a0-300-15268-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tI. Hidden in Plain Sight --$tII. The Place Where Blood Flows --$tIII. Kill Floor --$tIV. "Es todo por hoy" --$tV. One Hundred Thousand Livers --$tVI. Killing at Close Range --$tVII. Control of Quality --$tVIII. Quality of Control --$tIX. A Politics of Sight --$tAppendix A. Division of Labor on the Kill Floor --$tAppendix B. Cattle Body Parts and Their Uses --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThis is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political scientist Timothy Pachirat, was employed undercover for five months in a Great Plains slaughterhouse where 2,500 cattle were killed per day-one every twelve seconds. Working in the cooler as a liver hanger, in the chutes as a cattle driver, and on the kill floor as a food-safety quality-control worker, Pachirat experienced firsthand the realities of the work of killing in modern society. He uses those experiences to explore not only the slaughter industry but also how, as a society, we facilitate violent labor and hide away that which is too repugnant to contemplate.Through his vivid narrative and ethnographic approach, Pachirat brings to life massive, routine killing from the perspective of those who take part in it. He shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaughterhouse and in its interactions with the community at large. He also considers how society is organized to distance and hide uncomfortable realities from view. With much to say about issues ranging from the sociology of violence and modern food production to animal rights and welfare, Every Twelve Seconds is an important and disturbing work. 410 0$aYale agrarian studies. 606 $aSlaughtering and slaughter-houses$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMeat industry and trade$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAnimal welfare$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlaughtering and slaughter-houses$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMeat industry and trade$xSocial aspects 615 0$aAnimal welfare 676 $a664.9029 700 $aPachirat$b Timothy$f1976-$01049270 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457806003321 996 $aEvery twelve seconds$92478135 997 $aUNINA