Reviews
Studies like Laura Wright's - more than anything else - show how the vegan and vegetarian label and identity are a millstone and a barrier that hinders wider society's willingness to engage seriously with the rights and wrongs of producing, killing, and eating so many animals. If our strategy is to lessen the harm wreaked on the animals with which humans share this planet, perhaps the strongest lesson we can draw from this work is to step aside from the vegan and vegetarian identity., The volume dazzles with critical questions. How might in vitro meat made of stem cells alter the Mi'kmaq people's tradition of honoring the moose by hunting and consuming it? How can veganism expand beyond its historically white constituency? Are there good anthropocentric--or human-benefiting--arguments for veganism? Such timely new questions suggest that "vegan studies" --like veganism itself¬--will continue to expand beyond its traditional base in animal welfare, providing a new vision of human animality and fellowship with animals., The volume dazzles with critical questions. How might in vitro meat made of stem cells alter the Mi'kmaq people's tradition of honoring the moose by hunting and consuming it? How can veganism expand beyond its historically white constituency? Are there good anthropocentric--or human-benefiting--arguments for veganism? Such timely new questions suggest that "vegan studies" --like veganism itself--will continue to expand beyond its traditional base in animal welfare, providing a new vision of human animality and fellowship with animals., The relevance of veganism in contemporary literature, advertising, films, and television (including stories of vampires and the apocalypse), encourages readers to broaden their understanding of veganism and the vegan body in the context of modern life and cultural references in the US. . . . Well referenced and indexed. Recommended, "Studies like Wright's--more than anything else--show how the vegan and vegetarian label and identity are a millstone and a barrier that hinders wider society's willingness to engage seriously with the rights and wrongs of producing, killing, and eating so many animals. If our strategy is to lessen the harm wreaked on the animals with which humans share this planet, perhaps the strongest lesson we can draw from this work is to step aside from the vegan and vegetarian identity." --Tristram Stuart, author of The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism from 1600 to Modern Times, The volume dazzles with critical questions. How might in vitro meat made of stem cells alter the Mi'kmaq people's tradition of honoring the moose by hunting and consuming it? How can veganism expand beyond its historically white constituency? Are there good anthropocentric-or human-benefiting-arguments for veganism? Such timely new questions suggest that "vegan studies" -like veganism itself¬-will continue to expand beyond its traditional base in animal welfare, providing a new vision of human animality and fellowship with animals., Studies like Laura Wright's -- more than anything else -- show how the vegan and vegetarian label and identity are a millstone and a barrier that hinders wider society's willingness to engage seriously with the rights and wrongs of producing, killing, and eating so many animals. If our strategy is to lessen the harm wreaked on the animals with which humans share this planet, perhaps the strongest lesson we can draw from this work is to step aside from the vegan and vegetarian identity., Combining personal narratives and gender studies with ecofeminism and pop culture, The Vegan Studies Project offers a brilliant analysis of the impact of vegans and veganism on America's cultural landscape. Laura Wright's argument for a new field of vegan studies rings true, and this book will be the foundational text., "Combining personal narratives and gender studies with ecofeminism and pop culture, The Vegan Studies Project offers a brilliant analysis of the impact of vegans and veganism on America's cultural landscape. Laura Wright's argument for a new field of vegan studies rings true, and this book will be the foundational text."--Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight about Animals
