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Confronting animal exploitation : grassroots essays on liberation and veganism / edited by Kim Socha and Sarahjane Blum afterword by Pattrice Jones.
"This volume broadens animal liberation dialogues by offering the arguments, challenges, inspiration and narratives of grassroots activists. The essays show what animal advocacy looks like from a collective of individuals living in and around Minnesota's Twin Cities; the essayists, however, write of issues, both personal and political, that resound on a global scale"--Provided by publisher
This volume broadens animal liberation dialogues by offering the arguments, challenges, inspiration and narratives of grassroots activists. The essays show what animal advocacy looks like from a collective of individuals living in and around Minnesota's Twin Cities.
Record details
- ISBN: 1476601321
- ISBN: 9781476601328
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString.october.23 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface (Sarahjane Blum); Introduction. Hallway Conversations on Animal Liberation and Veganism (Kim Socha); Section I. Theory for Praxis; Turning Our Heads: The "See No Evil" Dilemma (Dallas Rising); Anti-Capitalism and Abolitionism (Travis Elise); "Just tell the truth": A Polemic on the Value of Radical Activism (Kim Socha); Literary Analysis for Animal Liberation: Stephen King's Animal Kingdom (Patrick McAleer); Section II. Veganism in Action; Vegan Parenting: Navigating and Negating Speciesist Media (Al Nowatzki). How "Humane" Labels Harm Chickens: Why Our Focus as Advocates Should Be Egg-Free Diets, Not Cage-Free Eggs (Melissa Swanson)The "Dreaded Comparisons" and Speciesism: Leveling the Hierarchy of Suffering (Kim Socha); Animal Enterprise Acts and the Prosecution of the "SHAC 7": An Insider's Perspective (Aaron Zellhoefer); Some Things Get Better, Some Get Worse: On Being Scared, Being Around, and Trying to Be Kind (Sarahjane Blum); Afterword. Flower Power (Pattrice Jones); About the Contributors; Index. On Cheese, Motherhood and Everyday Activism (Chelsea Youngquist Hassler)Till Vegan Do Us Part?: Personal Change, Interpersonal Relationships and Divorce (Elizabeth Cook); Section III. Narratives of Change; Introducing Speciesism to the Rescue Community (Melissa E. Maaske); Tales of an Animal Liberationist (Dallas Rising); An Oral History of the Animal Rights Coalition: Thirty Years of Grassroots Activism (Mary Britton Clouse, Charlotte Cozzetto, Heidi Greger and Vonnie Thomasberg; Section IV. Moving Toward Revolution; Killing Them Softly: Marketing a Movement, Marketing Meat (M. Ryan Leitch). |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
