1st Edition
The Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism
Edited By Cristina Hanganu-Bresch
Copyright 2023
198 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores themes in the rhetoric of vegetarian discourse. A vegan practice may help mitigate crises such as climate change, global health challenges, and sharpening socioeconomic disparities, by ensuring both fairness in the treatment of animals and food justice for marginalized populations. How the message is spread is crucial for these aims.
Vegan practices thus uncover tensions... Read more
- The Discursive Construction of Veg(etari)anism: A Polyphonic Rhetoric – Cristina Hanganu-Bresch
- The Power of Ecological Rhetoric: Trans-Situational Approaches to Veganism, Vegetarianism, and Plant-Based Food Choices – Sibylle Gruber
- Becoming Vegan: A Mixed-Methods Study of Vegan Identities – Silke Feltz
- The Bounded Discourse of the Whole Foods Plant Based Movement – D. R. Hammontree
- Agency and rhetorical citizenship in nineteenth century and contemporary vegetarian discourses in the United Kingdom – Kristin Kondrlik
- Vegetarianism and The Rhetorical Ecology of the Moosewood Cookbook Collective – Lora Arduser
- "Cruelty-Free" Cruelty: How Vegan Rhetoric Hides the Truth of Banana Production – Lindsay Garcia
- Maintaining "meat’s masculinity": Rhetorical constructions of vegan manhood – Abby Dubisar
- "Bleeding Burgers: Brutality, Masculinity, and the Veg(etari)an Narrative" – Erin Trauth
- Chicken without Chicken, Sausage without Sausage: Rhetorical Remediations of Vegetarian and Vegan Foods Recalling Meat - Francesco Buscemi
Biography
Cristina Hanganu-Bresch is Associate Professor of English at St. Joseph’s University. Her research so far has focused on the rhetoric of health and medicine, with a focus on psychiatry, and scientific writing; she also has a strong interest in animal studies and vegetarianism. She has co-authored and edited several books, among which Diagnosing Madness (with Carol Berkenkotter, 2018), and Veg(etari)an Arguments in Culture, History, and Practice: The V word (with Kristin Kondrlik, 2021).
