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Meat and social change: Sociological perspectives on the consumption and production of animals

Nungesser, Frithjof ; Winter, Martin (2021)
Meat and social change: Sociological perspectives on the consumption and production of animals.
In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 46 (2)
doi: 10.1007/s11614-021-00453-0
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Meat is a crucial object of sociological research. The consumption of meat plays a significant role in the food supply of modern societies. The importance of meat is not, however, limited to its nutritional value. Rather, the preparation and consumption of meat dishes is linked to cultural traditions and norms, collective and individual identities, as well as to gender relations and conceptions of health, purity, or naturalness. The production of meat is connected to numerous ecological problems, the breeding and killing of billions of animals, precarious working conditions and issues of public health (as, for example, the current pandemic demonstrates). Moreover, both the consumption and production of meat are linked to various dynamics of transformation and conflict: Technical and scientific innovations as well as political and economic decisions transform agriculture and meat production, leading to an unparalleled productivity but also to unprecedented environmental consequences. While the "normality" of meat consumption spreads further around the globe and is no longer exclusive to the Global North, in Western societies problems related to meat increasingly become the subject of public debates and social struggles.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2021
Autor(en): Nungesser, Frithjof ; Winter, Martin
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Meat and social change: Sociological perspectives on the consumption and production of animals
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: Juni 2021
Ort: Berlin ; Heidelberg ; Wiesbaden
Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 46
(Heft-)Nummer: 2
DOI: 10.1007/s11614-021-00453-0
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Meat is a crucial object of sociological research. The consumption of meat plays a significant role in the food supply of modern societies. The importance of meat is not, however, limited to its nutritional value. Rather, the preparation and consumption of meat dishes is linked to cultural traditions and norms, collective and individual identities, as well as to gender relations and conceptions of health, purity, or naturalness. The production of meat is connected to numerous ecological problems, the breeding and killing of billions of animals, precarious working conditions and issues of public health (as, for example, the current pandemic demonstrates). Moreover, both the consumption and production of meat are linked to various dynamics of transformation and conflict: Technical and scientific innovations as well as political and economic decisions transform agriculture and meat production, leading to an unparalleled productivity but also to unprecedented environmental consequences. While the "normality" of meat consumption spreads further around the globe and is no longer exclusive to the Global North, in Western societies problems related to meat increasingly become the subject of public debates and social struggles.

Freie Schlagworte: Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general, Sociological Theory
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Issue: Fleischkonsum und -produktion im Wandel. Soziologische Analysen

Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Soziologie
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