The Pornography of Meat

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by Carol Adams

Continuum Publishing

Due/Published August 2004, 192 pages, paper

ISBN 0826416462

New in paper (F04)

How does someone become a piece of meat?

Carol J. Adams answers this question in this book by finding hidden meanings in the culture around us. With examples ranging from advertisements to T-shirts, from billboards to menus, from matchbook covers to comics, Adams shows the ways in which images of women and animals are merged - with devastating consequences.Like her groundbreaking The Sexual Politics of Meat, The Pornography of Meat uncovers startling connections, among them:

á Why pornography demonstrates such a fascination with slaughtering and hunting

á Fixations on women's body parts expressed through ads for the breasts, legs, and thighs of chickens and turkeys

á Animals to be eaten as meat presented in seductive poses and sexy clothing

á Back-entry poses in pornography, implying that women - especially women of color - are like animals: insatiable

á How meat advertising draws on X-rated images

á Why at least one prominent animal-rights group is actually "in bed" with pornographers.

With 200 illustrations, this book establishes why Adams's slide show, upon which The Pornography of Meat is based, is so popular on campuses across North America and is reviled by the groups she challenges. From the rise of chain steakhouses to the language of the hunt, from the halls of government to the practice of artificial insemination on farm animals, The Pornography of Meatshows exactly how harm to others parades as fun.

Contents

What Pornography?
More than Meat
Man to Man
Yoked Oppressions
Beasts
Hamtastic
Body-Chopping
Armed Hunters
Hookers
The Fish in Water Problem
Anthropornography
I Ate a Pig
Average White Girl
Hoofing It
The Female of the Species
Male Chauvinist Pig?