TITLE:
Meat: A Natural Symbol

AUTHOR:
Nick Fiddes

PUBLISHER:
New York: Routledge, 1991

RETAIL PRICE:
$22.20

ABOUT THE BOOK:
This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for
meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to
us; why we eat some animals and not others; why vegetarianism is increasing;
why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with environmental
destruction. The book argues that meat's primary cultural importance is
founded on its vividly representing to us the domination we have sought over
nature - not as individuals, but as members of a society which has
historically placed great value on that power. The book draws on original
research and analyses academic work, trade journals, advertisements, the
popular press, fiction and film. It is extensively illustrated by quotes from
conversations with farmers, butchers, vegetarian campaigners and members of
the general public. Placing western preferences in a historial and
cross-cultural context, the book questions the rationality of much that we
take for granted, and explains many inconsistencies and incongruities in our
behaviour. It is a penetrating and highly original discussion of our
'natural' everyday world.

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