Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals
In this landmark work of animal rights activism, Carol J. Adams - the bestselling author of The Sexual Politics of Meat - explores the intersections and common causes of feminism and the defense of animals. Neither Man Nor Beast explores the common link between cultural attitudes to women and animals in modern Western culture that have enabled the systematic exploitation of both. A vivid work that takes in environmental ethics, theological perspectives and feminist theory, the Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new foreword by the author and new images illustrating the continuing relevance of the book today.
Table of contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Examining the Arrogant Eye
1. Eating Animals
2. The Arrogant Eye and Animal Experimentation
3. Abortion Rights and Animal Rights
4. On Beastliness and a Politics of Solidarity
Part 2: "We Are One Lesson": Transforming Feminist Theory
5. Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals
6. The Feminist Traffic in Animals
7. Reflections on a Stripping Chimpanzee: On the Need to Integrate Feminism, Animal Defense, and Environmentalism
Part 3: From Misery to Grace
8. Bringing Peace Home: A Feminist Philosophical Perspective on the Abuse of Women, Children, and Pet Animals
9. Feeding on Grace: Institutional Violence, Feminist Ethics, and Vegetarianism
10. Beastly Theology: When Epistemology Creates Ontology
Coda
Appendix 1: Vestiges: 1992-93 by Susan kae Grant
Appendix 2: Feminists for Animal Rights
Notes
Bibliography
Index