Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture: Towards a Vegan Theory (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)

This collection explores what the social and philosophical aspects of veganism offer to critical theory. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars working in animal studies and critical animal studies, __Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture__ shows how the experience of being vegan, and the conditions of thought fostered by veganism, pose new questions for work across multiple disciplines. Offering accounts of veganism which move beyond contemporary conceptualizations of it as a faddish dietary preference or set of proscriptions, it explores the messiness and necessary contradictions involved in thinking about or practicing a vegan way of life. By thinking __through__ as well as __about__ veganism, the project establishes the value of a vegan mode of reading, writing, looking, and thinking. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction: Thinking Through Veganism (Emelia Quinn, Benjamin Westwood)....Pages 1-24 Front Matter ....Pages 25-25 Vegans in the Interregnum: The Cultural Moment of an Enmeshed Theory (Laura Wright)....Pages 27-54 Front Matter ....Pages 55-55 Remnants: The Witness and the Animal (Sara Salih)....Pages 57-77 The Vegan Viewer in the Circum-Polar World; Or, J. H. Wheldon’s The Diana and Chase in the Arctic (1857) (Jason Edwards)....Pages 79-106 Trojan Horses (Tom Tyler)....Pages 107-123 Vegan Cinema (Anat Pick)....Pages 125-146 Front Matter ....Pages 147-147 Monstrous Vegan Narratives: Margaret Atwood’s Hideous Progeny (Emelia Quinn)....Pages 149-173 On Refusal (Benjamin Westwood)....Pages 175-198 The Unpacking Plant: Gleaning the Lexicons of Lean Culture (Natalie Joelle)....Pages 199-221 Front Matter ....Pages 223-223 Ethical Veganism as Protected Identity: Constructing a Creed Under Human Rights Law (Allison Covey)....Pages 225-247 A Vegan Form of Life (Robert McKay)....Pages 249-271 Conclusion (Emelia Quinn, Benjamin Westwood)....Pages 273-279 Back Matter ....Pages 281-286 "This collection explores what the social and philosophical aspects of veganism offer to critical theory. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars working in animal studies and critical animal studies, Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture shows how the experience of being vegan, and the conditions of thought fostered by veganism, pose new questions for work across multiple disciplines. Offering accounts of veganism which move beyond contemporary conceptualizations of it as a faddish dietary preference or set of proscriptions, it explores the messiness and necessary contradictions involved in thinking about or practicing a vegan way of life. By thinking through as well as about veganism, the project establishes the value of a vegan mode of reading, writing, looking, and thinking." -- Provided by publisher