Changing Meat Cultures by Arve Hansen, Karen Lykke Syse - 9781538164273

Changing Meat CulturesFood Practices, Global Capitalism, and the Consumption of Animals\nAuthor(s): Arve Hansen, Karen Lykke Syse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781538164273, 978-1538164273\nSynopsis\nThis collection explains changing meat cultures through studies of both everyday food practices and the political economy of industrialized animal husbandry. We do this through case studies from 'affluent' and 'developing' countries. These contributions will shed light on global food connections and show how global, industrialized food and fodder systems have changed the way we relate to animals, their meat, and what kind of animals meat we eat. In the past few years, controversies around meat have arisen around industrialization and globalization of meat production, often pivoting around health, environmental problems, and animal welfare issues. Although meat increasingly figures as a problem, most c.