Meat!

What is meat? Is it simply food to consume or a metaphor for our own bodies? Can bloody vegan burgers petri dish beef live animals or human milk be categorized as meat? In pursuing these questions the contributors to <i>Meat!</i> trace the shifting boundaries of the meanings of meat across time geography and cultures. In studies of chicken fish milk barbecue fake meat animal sacrifice cannibalism exotic meat frozen meat and other manifestations of meat they highlight meat's entanglements with race gender sexuality and disability. From the imperial politics embedded in labeling canned white tuna as the chicken of the sea to the relationship between beef bans yoga and bodily purity in Hindu nationalist politics the contributors demonstrate how meat is an ideal vantage point from which to better understand transnational circuits of power and ideology as well as the histories of colonialism ableism and sexism.<br><br>Contributors. Neel Ahuja Irina Aristarkhova Sushmita Chatterjee Mel Y. Chen Kim Q. Hall Jennifer A. Hamilton Anita Mannur Elspeth Probyn Parama Roy Banu Subramaniam Angela Willey Psyche Williams-Forson