Carol J. Adams is the author of many books, most notably the pioneering The Sexual Politics of Meat. She has published around 100 articles on vegetarianism, animal rights, domestic violence, and sexual abuse.

Lori Gruen is Professor of Philosophy, Environmental Studies, and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, USA, where she also coordinates Wesleyan Animal Studies. She is the author most recently of Ethics and Animals: An Introduction and the editor of five books.

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 Groundwork

1. Groundwork
Carol J. Adams and Lori Gruen
Ecofeminism: An Overview
Rosemary Ruether

Part 2 Affect
Introduction to Part 2

2. Compassion and Being Human
Deane Curtin
3. Joy
Deborah Slicer
4. Participatory Epistemology, Sympathy, and Animal Ethics
Josephine Donovan
5. Eros and the Mechanisms of Eco-Defense
pattrice jones
6. Vulnerability and Dependency and the Ethics of Care
Sunny Taylor
7. Facing Death and Practicing Grief
Lori Gruen

Part 3 Context
Introduction to Part 3

8. Caring Cannibals: Testing Contextual Edibility for Speciesism
Ralph Acampora
9. Inter-Animal Moral Conflicts and Moral Repair: A Contextualized Ecofeminism Approach in Action
Karen S. Emmerman
10. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Michael Vick
Claire Kim
11. Ecofeminism and Veganism-Revisiting the Question of Universalism
Richard Twine
12. Why a Pig? A reclining nude reveals the intersections of race, sex, slavery, and species
Carol J. Adams
13. Toward New EcoMasculinities, EcoGenders, and EcoSexualities
Greta Gaard
14. The Transnational Politics of Meat
Carol Adams and Lori Gruen

Works Cited
Index