Mapping the Holistic Journey of Former Vegans

The Polyphony Within Veganism
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-47086-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

This book explores Veganism through the holistic journeys and lived experiences of former vegans, with a particular focus on the impact this has on their Selfhood and identity. It delves into the complexities underpinning definitions of Veganism and vegan identities.

Based on original qualitative research charting the experiences of ten former vegans, the text offers a theoretical lens for understanding evolving self-perception, identity, and experience, exploring what leads to initiating a transition in and out of Veganism and how former vegans reconcile with losing their vegan identity. Applying a Bakhtinian model of Selfhood, this book explores the tensions between ‘Voices’ representing values within social discourse, such as Veganism, and how individuals co-construct their identity and self-perception through said Voices. Chapters explore the Polyphony within Veganism and offer an insight into the embodied experience of former vegans. Each analysis chapter has been divided into three distinct Threshold-moments of beginning, middle, and end.

Mapping the Holistic Journey of Former Vegans: The Polyphony within Veganism is intended for scholars and postgraduate students interested in Veganism, Selfhood and identity, and behaviour change and anyone looking to understand the context of Veganism in practice.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Intezar, Hannah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

01. Introduction 02. Positioning the Polyphony 03. The Beginning, how it all began 04. The Middle, how it all went? 05. How it all ended, and how is it going? 06. Moving Forward

Über Autor(innen)

Hannah Intezar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bradford, UK. Her research interests are interdisciplinary, encompassing Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, and Literature. She, therefore, has and continues to collaborate with academics from politics, philosophy, and psychology. Hannah has a particular interest in qualitative dialogical epistemology and visual methods within the Social Sciences.