The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies (Routledge International Handbooks)

"This wide-ranging volume explores the tension between the dietary practice of veganism and the manifestation, construction, and representation of a vegan identity in today's society. Emerging in the early 21st century, vegan studies is distinct from more familiar conceptions of "animal studies," an umbrella term for a three-pronged field that gained prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of critical animal studies, human animal studies, and posthumanism. While veganism is a consideration of these modes of inquiry, it is a decidedly different entity, an ethical delineator that for many scholars marks a complicated boundary between theoretical pursuit and lived experience. The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies is the must-have reference for the important topics, problems and key debates in the subject area and is the first of its kind. Comprising over 30 chapters by a team of international contributors, this handbook is divided into five parts: History of Vegan Studies Vegan Studies in the Disciplines Theoretical Intersections Contemporary Media Entanglements Veganism Around the World These sections contextualize veganism beyond its status as a dietary choice, situating veganism within broader social, ethical, legal, theoretical, and artistic discourses. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers of vegan studies, animal studies and environmental ethics"-- Provided by publisher Contents 6 List of illustrations 10 List of contributors 12 Part 1: History and foundational texts 18 1 Framing vegan studies: vegetarianism, veganism, animal studies, ecofeminism • Laura Wright 20 2 Pythagoras, Plutarch, Porphyry, and the ancient defense of the vegetarian choice • Joanna Komorowska 32 3 Vegetarian and vegan histories • Tom Hertweck 44 4 The analytic philosophers: Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and Tom Regan’s The Case for Animal Rights • Josh Milburn 56 5 The “posthumanists”: Cary Wolfe and Donna Haraway • Eva Giraud 67 Part 2: Vegan studies in the disciplines: humanities 80 6 Vegan literature for children: epistemic resistance, agency, and the Anthropocene • Marzena Kubisz 82 7 Veganism, ecoethics, and climate change in Margaret Atwood’s “MaddAddam” trilogy • Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad 93 8 Vegan Cervantes: meat consumption and social degradation in Dialogue of the Dogs • José Manuel Marrero Henríquez 106 9 A quiet riot: veganism as anti-capitalism and ecofeminist revolt in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian • Liz Mayo 118 10 Causal impotence and veganism: recent developments and possible ways forward • David Killoren 128 11 By any means of persuasion necessary: the rhetoric of veganism • Christopher Garland 139 1 2 Veganism and the U.S. legal system • Tim Phillips 151 13 Vegan studies in sociology • Elizabeth Cherry 167 14 Psychology and vegan studies • Adam Feltz and Silke Feltz 178 15 Vegan studies and food studies • Jessica Holmes 189 Part 3: Vegan studies in the disciplines: religion 198 16 Veganism and Christianity • Allison Covey 200 17 Yes, but is it Kosher? Varying religio-cultural perspectives on Judaism and veganism • Barry L. Stiefel 211 18 Veganism, Hinduism, and Jainism in India: a geo-cultural inquiry • Saurav Kumar 222 19 The interface between “identity” and “aspiration”: reading the Buddhist teachings through a vegan lens • Joyjit Ghosh and Krishanu Maiti 232 20 Veganism and Islam • Magfirah Dahlan 243 Part 4: Theoretical engagements 252 21 A vegan ecofeminist queer ecological view of ecocriticism: a Costa Rican natureculture walk in literary/environmental studyland • Adriana Jiménez Rodríguez 254 22 Veganism in Critical Animal Studies: humanist and post-humanist perspectives • Jonathan Sparks-Franklin 267 23 Vegan studies and queer theory • Emelia Quinn 278 24 “You would betray your own mother for meat”: a postcolonial vegan reading of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions • Sarah Rhu and Laura Wright 289 25 Radical recipe: veganism as anti-racism • Marilisa C. Navarro 299 26 Vegan studies and gender studies • Alex Lockwood 312 Part 5: Veganism in the media 324 27 Screening veganism: the production, rhetoric, and reception of vegan advocacy films • Alexa Weik von Mossner 326 28 (Mis)representing veganism in film and television • Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart 336 29 Merchandizing veganism • Simon C. Estok 350 30 “Friends don’t let friends eat tofu”: a rhetorical analysis of fast food corporation “anti-vegan-options” advertisements • Erin Trauth 360 31 The vegan myth: the rhetoric of online anti-veganism • Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero and Margarita Carretero-González 371 Part 6: Vegan geographies 384 32 Vegan food tourism: experiences and implications • Francesc Fusté-Forné 386 33 Toward a new humanity: animal cruelty in China in light of COVID-19 • Ruth Y.Y. Hung 398 34 Vegan geographies in Ireland • Corey Wrenn 411 Index 424