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This book is the first publication to systematically describe the phenomenon of Victorian children's vegetarianism and its representations in literature and culture. It will appeal to researchers of vegetarianism and veganism, human-animal relations, childhood studies, children's literature, periodical studies and Victorian studies.
List of contents
Introduction: Victorian Meatless Childhood: Mapping the White Spots 1. The Stepping Stones of “Another Order”: Vegetarian Childhood in Early Victorian Discourse and Literary Representation 2. The Rise of the Young Vegetarian Subject: The Daisy Basket 3. Vegetarian Children’s Press in the Early Twentieth Century: The Children’s Garden and The Children’s Realm 4. Animal Welfare and Children’s Literary Culture: Butchers and Bean Princesses in the Service of the Vegetarian Cause 5. Children’s Voices from the Vegetarian Past: Personal Narratives and Self-reflection of Young Food Reformers Conclusions: The Meatless Childhood Project: Between a Mission and a Crusade
About the author
Marzena Kubisz is an Associate Professor in literary studies in the Institute of Literary Studies, University of Silesia, Poland. Her academic interests are in children’s literature, resistance studies, slow culture, animal studies and vegan studies. Marzena’s research focuses on everyday resistance in terms of its corporeal dimensions and cultural acceleration. Her publications in vegan studies include essays about vegan bodies, representations of veganism in film and the place of vegan studies in academia. Recently, she has published a chapter on vegan literature for children in The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies (2021). She is an organiser of Polish annual vegan studies seminars and an Associate Editor of the Polish academic journal Er(r)go. Theory-Literature-Culture.
Summary
This book is the first publication to systematically describe the phenomenon of Victorian children’s vegetarianism and its representations in literature and culture. It will appeal to researchers of vegetarianism and veganism, human-animal relations, childhood studies, children’s literature, periodical studies and Victorian studies.
