Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory

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Adams, Carol J., The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 1990, 2010)

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A landmark text in feminist Cultural Studies/Human-Animal Studies. Adams is considered a pioneer in the field of feminist vegan theory and intersectionality. - ANNIE POTTS

A classic that many will have read long before they encounter animal studies as a field. Adams focuses on the sexualisation of violence against animals and women. Through countless examples collected from advertisements, film, restaurant menus, she finds that ‘meat’ positions animals as somehow desiring their own consumption, juxtaposing consent and violation in incredibly creepy ways. Adams work on the ‘absent referent’, on the feminist ethics of care, as well as intersectional approaches to gender and animals endures, with The Sexual Politics of Meat having gone through 4 editions since it first appeared in 1990. - FIONA PROBYN-RAPSEY