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PERSONALITIES ON THE PLATE
THE LIVES & MINDS OF ANIMALS WE EAT
In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but complicated inner and social lives, and that we need to act accordingly.
Yet that realization hasn't yet made its presence felt to any great degree in our most intimate relationship with animals: at the dinner table. Sure, there are vegetarians and vegans all over, but at the same time, meat consumption is up, and meat remains a central part of the culinary and dining experience for the majority of people in the developed world.
With PERSONALITIES ON THE PLATE, Barbara King asks us to think hard about our meat eating--and how we might reduce it. But this isn't a polemic intended to convert readers to veganism. What she is interested in is why we've not drawn food animals into our concern and just what we do know about the minds and lives of chickens, cows, octopuses, fish, and more. Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, PERSONALITIES ON THE PLATE is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat. Knowing what we know--and what we may yet learn--what is the proper ethical stance toward eating meat? What are the consequences for the planet? How can we life an ethically and ecologically sound life through our food choices?
BARBARA J. KING is an anthropology professor emerita at the College of William and Mary and a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. Her previous books include HOW ANIMALS GRIEVE AND EVOLVING GOD, and her work has been chosen for inclusion in the The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002.
Yet that realization hasn't yet made its presence felt to any great degree in our most intimate relationship with animals: at the dinner table. Sure, there are vegetarians and vegans all over, but at the same time, meat consumption is up, and meat remains a central part of the culinary and dining experience for the majority of people in the developed world.
With PERSONALITIES ON THE PLATE, Barbara King asks us to think hard about our meat eating--and how we might reduce it. But this isn't a polemic intended to convert readers to veganism. What she is interested in is why we've not drawn food animals into our concern and just what we do know about the minds and lives of chickens, cows, octopuses, fish, and more. Rooted in the latest science, and built on a mix of firsthand experience (including entomophagy, which, yes, is what you think it is) and close engagement with the work of scientists, farmers, vets, and chefs, PERSONALITIES ON THE PLATE is an unforgettable journey through the world of animals we eat. Knowing what we know--and what we may yet learn--what is the proper ethical stance toward eating meat? What are the consequences for the planet? How can we life an ethically and ecologically sound life through our food choices?
BARBARA J. KING is an anthropology professor emerita at the College of William and Mary and a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. Her previous books include HOW ANIMALS GRIEVE AND EVOLVING GOD, and her work has been chosen for inclusion in the The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002.
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Published 2017-03-01 by University of Chicago Press |