Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the words of ecofeminist scholar and activist Vandana Shiva, the modern era witnesses a form of colonization where “life itself is being colonized,” with the bodies of women and nonhuman animals serving as the last frontiers. This chapter engages with Shiva’s assertion, exploring the entwined subjugation of minoritized women and nonhuman animals, conceptualizing their bodies as colonized territories strategically manipulated for profit. This is done primarily through the control of their reproductive cycles and their dietary regimes. The chapter explores the concept of milk and meat colonialism and shows how it constitutes a form of environmental injustice perpetrated against both human and nonhuman animals. It also highlights the interconnected nature of environmental injustice and reproductive violence by showing how “environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities”. The central focus of this analysis revolves around the notion of animal colonialism, and its portrayal in Ruth Ozeki’s novel, My Year of Meats (1998). Here, the exploitation of nonhuman animals mirrors that of (minoritized) women, positioning them as colonized subjects abused as tools of assimilation and instruments of patriarchal dominance. This narrative reveals a nexus where American imperialism converges with the commodification of meat, resulting not only in environmental degradation and environmental injustice but also in the consolidation of control over the bodies of (minoritized) women.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the words of ecofeminist scholar and activist Vandana Shiva, the modern era witnesses a form of colonization where “life itself is being colonized,” with the bodies of women and nonhuman animals serving as the last frontiers. This chapter engages with Shiva’s assertion, exploring the entwined subjugation of minoritized women and nonhuman animals, conceptualizing their bodies as colonized territories strategically manipulated for profit. This is done primarily through the control of their reproductive cycles and their dietary regimes. The chapter explores the concept of milk and meat colonialism and shows how it constitutes a form of environmental injustice perpetrated against both human and nonhuman animals. It also highlights the interconnected nature of environmental injustice and reproductive violence by showing how “environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities”. The central focus of this analysis revolves around the notion of animal colonialism, and its portrayal in Ruth Ozeki’s novel, My Year of Meats (1998). Here, the exploitation of nonhuman animals mirrors that of (minoritized) women, positioning them as colonized subjects abused as tools of assimilation and instruments of patriarchal dominance. This narrative reveals a nexus where American imperialism converges with the commodification of meat, resulting not only in environmental degradation and environmental injustice but also in the consolidation of control over the bodies of (minoritized) women.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Environmental Justice in Ethnic American Literature

ISBN

9781666919004

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

57-80

Počet stran knihy

210

Název nakladatele

Lexington Books

Místo vydání

Lanham, Maryland, USA

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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