The Carol J. Adams Reader: Writings and Conversations 1995-2015

The Carol J. Adams Reader gathers together Adams's foundational and recent articles in the fields of critical studies, animal studies, media studies, vegan studies, ecofeminism and feminism, as well as relevant interviews and conversations in which Adams identifies key concepts and new developments in her decades-long work. This volume, a companion to The Sexual Politics of Meat (Bloomsbury Revelations), offers insight into a variety of urgent issues for our contemporary world: Why do batterers harm animals? What is the relationship between genocide and attitudes toward other animals? How do activism and theory feed each other? How do race, gender, and species categories interact in strengthening oppressive attitudes? In clear language, Adams identifies the often hidden aspects of cultural presumptions. The essays and conversations found here capture the decades-long energy and vision that continue to shape new ways of thinking about and responding to oppression.

Table of Contents:
Illustrations and Figures Preface Acknowledgements 1. The War on Compassion (2005) 2. What Came Before The Sexual Politics of Meat: The Activist Roots of a Critical Theory (2011) 3. The Politics of Meat: The Antennae Magazine Interview with Annie Potts (2010) 4. Woman-Battering and Harm to Animals (1995) 5. Derrida and The Sexual Politics of Meat: Conversation with Matthew Calarco (2011) 6. "Mad Cow" Disease and the Animal Industrial Complex: An Ecofeminist Analysis (1997) 7. Why a Pig? A Reclining Nude Reveals the Intersections of Race, Sex, Slavery, and Species (2014) 8. The Critical Animal Studies Interview with Lindgren Johnson and Susan Thomas (2013) 9. Abortion and Animals: Keeping Women in the Equation (1998) 10. After MacKinnon: Sexual Inequality in the Animal Movement (2011) 11. An Animal Manifesto: Gender, Identity, and Vegan-Feminism in the Twenty-First Century. Parallax Conversation with Tom Tyler (2006) 12. Post-Meateating (2009) 13. Ecofeminism, Anti-Speciesism and Eco-Activism. An Interview with Carol J. Adams by Matteo Gilebbi (2014) 14. Afterword: Manifesto Artist's Biographies References Index

About the Author :
Carol J. Adams is the author of numerous books, including the seminal The Sexual Politics of Meat. She is the co-editor of several path-breaking anthologies, including most recently Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth (co-edited with Lori Gruen, Bloomsbury, 2014). Her work is the subject of two recent anthologies, Defiant Daughters: 21 Women of Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Art of the Animal: 14 Women Artists Explore The Sexual Politics of Meat, in which a new generation of feminists, artists, and activists respond to Adams' groundbreaking work. www.caroljadams.com

Review :
Read this brilliant feminist vegan theorist whose incisive analysis and steadfast commitment to justice for all of creation compels action. Whether on meat-eating or abortion, care-giving or anti-speciesism, Carol invites the reader to share her worldview. To read her is to be open to life-changing practices, and to appreciate the power of words to transform the world. This is a marvelous and most valuable collection of Dr. Adams' seminal and most important essays. Perfect for many different undergraduate and graduate courses, and perfect for non-academics.