Understanding Veganism: Biography and Identity

by Nathan Stephens Griffin

Overview

This book focuses on the increasingly popular phenomenon of veganism, a way of living that attempts to exclude all animal products on ethical grounds. Using data from biographical interviews with vegans, the author untangles the complex topic of veganism to understand vegan identity from a critical and biographical perspective. Shaped by the participants’ biographical narratives, the study considers the diverse topics of family, faith, sexuality, gender, music, culture, embodiment and activism and how these influence the lives and identities of vegans. It also highlights the hostility vegans face, and how this hostility functions in the everyday, and intersects with other aspects of their identity and biography, exemplified through ‘coming out’ and ‘queer’ narratives of veganism.

Understanding Veganism will be of particular interest to those engaged in the fields of biographical research, critical animal studies or more broadly with an interest in animal advocacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319521022
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	07/20/2017
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Animals and Social Problems
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	133
File size:	469 KB

About the Author

Nathan Stephens Griffin is a Teaching Fellow in Criminology at Durham University, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Theory and Methods.- 3. Understanding Veganism.- 4. Queering Veganism.- 5. Demonstrating Veganism.- 6. Criminalising Veganism.- 7. Conclusion.