Understanding Veganism

Biography and Identity
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-52101-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 2939 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Animals and Social Problems

This book focuses on the increasingly popular phenomenon of veganism, a way of living that attempts to exclude all animal products on ethical grounds. Using data from biographical interviews with vegans, the author untangles the complex topic of veganism to understand vegan identity from a critical and biographical perspective. Shaped by the participants’ biographical narratives, the study considers the diverse topics of family, faith, sexuality, gender, music, culture, embodiment and activism and how these influence the lives and identities of vegans. It also highlights the hostility vegans face, and how this hostility functions in the everyday, and intersects with other aspects of their identity and biography, exemplified through ‘coming out’ and ‘queer’ narratives of veganism.

Understanding Veganism will be of particular interest to those engaged in the fields of biographical research, critical animal studies or more broadly with an interest in animal advocacy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephens Griffin, Nathan

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gesellschaft & Tiere
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Theory and Methods.- 3. Understanding Veganism.- 4. Queering Veganism.- 5. Demonstrating Veganism.- 6. Criminalising Veganism.- 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Stephens Griffin is a Teaching Fellow in Criminology at Durham University, UK.