Table of Contents

Illustrations and Figures Preface Acknowledgements 1. The War on Compassion (2005) 2. What Came Before The Sexual Politics of Meat: The Activist Roots of a Critical Theory (2011) 3. The Politics of Meat: The Antennae Magazine Interview with Annie Potts (2010) 4. Woman-Battering and Harm to Animals (1995) 5. Derrida and The Sexual Politics of Meat: Conversation with Matthew Calarco (2011) 6. "Mad Cow" Disease and the Animal Industrial Complex: An Ecofeminist Analysis (1997) 7. Why a Pig? A Reclining Nude Reveals the Intersections of Race, Sex, Slavery, and Species (2014) 8. The Critical Animal Studies Interview with Lindgren Johnson and Susan Thomas (2013) 9. Abortion and Animals: Keeping Women in the Equation (1998) 10. After MacKinnon: Sexual Inequality in the Animal Movement (2011) 11. An Animal Manifesto: Gender, Identity, and Vegan-Feminism in the Twenty-First Century. Parallax Conversation with Tom Tyler (2006) 12. Post-Meateating (2009) 13. Ecofeminism, Anti-Speciesism and Eco-Activism. An Interview with Carol J. Adams by Matteo Gilebbi (2014) 14. Afterword: Manifesto Artist’s Biographies References Index

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The Carol J. Adams Reader gathers together Adams’s foundational and recent writings as well as relevant interviews and conversations identifying key concepts and new developments in her work.

About the Author

Carol J. Adams is the author of numerous books, including the seminal The Sexual Politics of Meat. She is the co-editor of several path-breaking anthologies, including most recently Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth (co-edited with Lori Gruen, Bloomsbury, 2014). Her work is the subject of two recent anthologies, Defiant Daughters: 21 Women of Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Art of the Animal: 14 Women Artists Explore The Sexual Politics of Meat, in which a new generation of feminists, artists, and activists respond to Adams' groundbreaking work. www.caroljadams.com

Reviews

Read this brilliant feminist vegan theorist whose incisive analysis and steadfast commitment to justice for all of creation compels action. Whether on meat-eating or abortion, care-giving or anti-speciesism, Carol invites the reader to share her worldview. To read her is to be open to life-changing practices, and to appreciate the power of words to transform the world.
*WATER (The Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual)*

This is a marvelous and most valuable collection of Dr. Adams' seminal and most important essays. Perfect for many different undergraduate and graduate courses, and perfect for non-academics.
*Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, author Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals*