The human and the meat : animal domination in capitalist societies /
Over 85 billion animals are killed in slaughterhouses yearly to sustain a profit-driven meat production system, devastating animals, workers and the environment. How did we get here? How has capitalist society reshaped human-animal relations? Elaborating a novel materialist and intersectional framew...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld, Germany :
Transcript,
[2025].
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| Series: | Human-animal studies (Series : Bielefeld, Germany) ;
38 |
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| Summary: | Over 85 billion animals are killed in slaughterhouses yearly to sustain a profit-driven meat production system, devastating animals, workers and the environment. How did we get here? How has capitalist society reshaped human-animal relations? Elaborating a novel materialist and intersectional framework, Chiara Stefanoni conceptualizes the social form of human-animal relations and its centrality within the interconnected structure of domination in capitalist societies, especially in relation to gender and class. Through a historical analysis of industrial slaughterhouses, the study reveals how the human/animal divide and meat-based diet are not timeless facts, but concrete social solutions crucial for the reproduction of capitalist society. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Bergamo, 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-217). |
| ISBN: | 9783837679571 3837679578 |