Harvey Neo, Jody Emel

Geographies of Meat (eBook, PDF)

Politics, Economy and Culture

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From a geographical perspective, food animals have been given considerably less attention compared to wild animals or pets. This book, framed conceptually by critical animal studies, governmentality and commodification, details how and why techniques of production have spread across the world, albeit in a spatially uneven way. It argues that the modern meat production and consumption sphere is the outcome of a complex matrix of cultural politics, economics and technological faith. Drawing from examples across the world (including America, Europe and Asia), the tensions and repercussions of meat production and consumption are also analyzed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317129196
• Artikelnr.: 48184958

Autorenporträt

Harvey Neo is an associate professor at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. His research interests include the political economy of meat, green urban development and geographies of food. He is an at-large board member of the Animal Geography Specialty Group at the Association of American Geographers, and editor of Geoforum and associate editor of Regional Studies, Regional Science.

Jody Emel is a professor at the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, USA. Her research interests include animal geographies, political economy of mining and water resources. Her current research focuses on the political ecology of factory farming. She teaches courses in natural resource development, feminist theory and nature, hydrology, and the relationship between economy and environment.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Political Economy of Meat: Global Trends and Local
Tensions 3. Science, Technology and the Commodification of Food Animals 4.
The Global Meat Factory and the Environment 5. The Thanataopolitics of
Industrialised Animal Life and Death 6. On Not Eating Meat: Vegetarianism,
Science and Advocacy 7. Conclusions, Index