Live, Die, Buy, Eat: A Cultural History of Animals and Meat

Live, Die, Buy, Eat explores the transformation of animal husbandry, meat production, and consumption, with a focus on Norway's history over the last 150 years. It examines the social and cultural consequences of these changes and uses a wide range of historical sources, interviews, and observation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Live, Die, Buy, Eat: A Chain of Events Disconnected
In recent years, controversies surrounding meat have emerged due to industrialization and globalization of meat production, often focusing on health, environmental issues, and animal welfare. While meat consumption has increased, most consumers lack knowledge about animal husbandry and meat production. This book explores the historical process of alienation along three distinct axes, revealing how the animal origin of meat is covered up, rationalized, forgotten, excused, neglected, and denied. It examines the current production and consumption of meat, including its social and cultural consequences. Using Norway as a case study, Live, Die, Buy, Eat explores the dramatic changes in meat production and consumption over the last 150 years. It draws on a wide range of historical sources, interviews, observations at farms, slaughterhouses, and production units, and analyses of contemporary texts and digital sources. The book will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, geography, and history with an interest in food, agriculture, environment, and culture.

Weight: 484g
Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032404271