Making Milk - The Past, Present and Future of Our Primary Food

What is milk? Who is it for, and what work does it do? This collection of articles bring together an exciting group of the world''s leading scholars from different disciplines to provide commentaries on multiple facets of the production, consumption, understanding and impact of milk on society. The book frames the emerging global discussion around philosophical and critical theoretical engagements with milk. In so doing, various chapters bring into consideration an awareness of animals, an aspect which has not yet been incorporated in these debates within these disciplines so far.This brand new research from scholars includes writing from an array of perspectives, including jurisprudence, food law, history, geography, art theory, and gender studies. It will be of use to professionals and researchers in such disciplines as anthropology, visual culture, cultural studies, development studies, food studies, environment studies, critical animal studies, and gender studies.>

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• Authors: Mathilde Cohen, Mathilde (University of Connecticut Cohen, Yoriko Otomo
• Assisted by: Mathilde Cohen (Editor), Mathilde (University of Connecticut Cohen (Editor), Yoriko Otomo (Editor), Yoriko (SOAS Otomo (Editor), Otomo Yoriko (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781350116320
• ISBN: 978-1-350-11632-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; NATURE / Animal Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Animals & society, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Animals and society, Cultural studies: food and society