Review of "Porkopolis: American animality, standardized life, and the factory farm"

Authors

  • Stephanie Rutherford Trent University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.519

Keywords:

factory farms., industrial pigs, labour studies

Abstract

Alex Blanchette's Porkopolis offers a compelling ethnography of pig life and death as part of the industrial food system. Blanchette challenges readers to think about factory farms not only as spaces of domination but also also sites where intimacy and exploitation unfold in complicated ways. 

cover image of pumpkins for the current issue of Canadian Food Studies

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Published

2021-10-30

How to Cite

Rutherford, S. (2021). Review of "Porkopolis: American animality, standardized life, and the factory farm". Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v8i3.519

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2021): The Imperative to Transform Global Food Systems

Section

Book/Art/Event Reviews

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