This collection explores what the social and philosophical aspects of
veganism offer to critical theory. Bringing together leading and
emerging scholars working in animal studies and critical animal studies,
Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture shows how the experience
of being vegan, and the conditions of thought fostered by veganism, pose
new questions for work across multiple disciplines. Offering accounts of
veganism which move beyond contemporary conceptualizations of it as a
faddish dietary preference or set of proscriptions, it explores the
messiness and necessary contradictions involved in thinking about or
practicing a vegan way of life. By thinking through as well as about
veganism, the project establishes the value of a vegan mode of reading,
writing, looking, and thinking.