With regard to Carol Adams' book, have you tried calling PETA in Norfolk,
VA? They usually have a large supply of such things, out of print or not.
- Charlotte.
At 08:35 AM 1/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Jake, I'm curious what your class read on the veggie/meat question. I'm
>teaching an ecofeminism class this semester in which this is one of the
>topics. Much to my dismay, I was informed last week that Carol Adams' *The
>Sexual Politics of Meat* is out of print. Any suggestions on what might be
>offered to students instead?
>
>Jake A Paisain wrote:
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>> A major component of ecofeminist theory is the veggie/meat question. I'm
>> glad that the topic has been brought up. In my ecofeminism class taught
>> here at the University of Montana, the veggie question was big on the
>> ecofeminist agenda.
>>
>> Interestingly enough, there was a high-spirited debate on the subject here
>> during our Ecofeminism conference last April, and a major part of that
>> debate had to do with whether or not a vegetarian stance is racist in some
>> way because it does not respect the traditions of many ethnic groups, and
>> also that it is classist and elitist by not taking into account the
>> economic conditions of many of the world's women trying to support their
>> family in any way they can, and meat-eating is as old as humanity.
>>
>> Francoise d'Eaubonne was shocked, and dare I say, appalled, that the
>> conference here took on such an issue. I was not surprised in the least.
>>
>> And, as far as being mean to animals, don't you think that people who
>> torture animals by keeping them tied up or locked in their houses are
>> hurting them too by driving them nuts>?
>>
>> jpaisain
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, sarah clifton wrote:
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>> > About this vegetarian-to-carnie conversation: did anyone read Carol
>> > Adam's Sexual Politics of Meat? She spends a lengthy amount of time
>> > explaining how the context of meat eating in which these conversations
>> > come up presents a difficult position for the vegan/vegetarian. Anyone
>> > who has read the book care to discuss?...
>> >
>> > sarah
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "If you don't want a Nazi in your house, don't let one;
>> > Never know a fundamentalist till you've met one;
>> > If you've memorized your civil rights, don't forget one;
>> > If you don't want an abortion, don't get one!"
>> >
>> > -Consolidated
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > > Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 4:55 PM
>> > > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
>> > > Subject: Re: Vegetarians plan carnivore converts
>> > >
>> > > Best way to bring a conversation around to the cruelty involved with
>> > > eating meat:
>> > >
>> > > Someone: "I love animals!"
>> > > Me: "Wow, so you're a vegetarian. I am too. I just can't believe
>> > > people think it's okay to eat meat. What a cruel thing to do
>> > > to animals. I could never imagine permitting and paying for
>> > > such horrible things... [blah blah blah]
>> > > Someone: "No, wait a minute. I'm not a vegetarian."
>> > > Me: "But... I thought you said you 'love animals.' "
>> > > Someone: "Well, yeah, but... "
>> > > Me: "Ohhh, so you only love SOME animals and you believe it's okay
>> > > to hurt the others. My mistake. I misunderstood."
>> > >
>> > > It's that simple to start such a conversation. I've used this
>> > > approach
>> > > a lot!
>> > >
>> > > Another interesting point is this: Do meat eaters realize that they
>> > > eat
>> > > mostly VEGETARIAN animals?? (except, of course, when meat-by-products
>> > > are
>> > > mixed in with the animals' natural diet, making the animals UNnatural
>> > > carnivores!)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > At 08:07 AM 1/11/99 -0600, you wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >Vegetarians plan carnivore converts
>> > > >
>> > > >CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - Vegetarians from around the world pledged
>> > > >Sunday to convert millions of meat-eaters by the end of the century
>> > > and
>> > > >launched an Asian Vegetarian Union. The Bangkok-based Asian group
>> > > seeks to
>> > > >foster the still-fledgling vegetarian movements in many Asian
>> > > countries and
>> > > >counter a trend among the continent's youth to ape Western
>> > > carnivorous
>> > > >habits. More than 400 participants from 30 countries at the 33rd
>> > > World
>> > > >Vegetarian Congress concluding Sunday called on vegetarian groups all
>> > > over
>> > > >the world to invite people to give up meat for the new millennium. A
>> > > mass
>> > > >pledge-taking ceremony is planned at midnight, Dec. 31. See full
>> > > story
>> > > ><http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557977332-c40>
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> >
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>Associate Professor of English
>Bucknell University
>Lewisburg, PA 17837
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