Appetizing Anthropocentrism

Review of Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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  • Carrie Packwood Freeman

    Carrie Packwood Freeman is Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State University. Her recent journal articles include a study on national news construction of farmed animals in The Communication Review, and an article on social movement communication ethics to appear in the Journal of Mass Media Ethics. She is the author of book chapters on: the connection between meat and masculinity in fast-food advertising; South Park’s use of comedy as a social corrective in covering animal issues; and post-humanist rhetorical challenges in deconstructing the human/animal dualism. She also authored encyclopedia entries on vegetarian, vegan, and animal welfare for an upcoming Green Food reference by Sage. She’s been active in the animal rights and vegetarian movement for almost two decades and has run local grassroots groups in three states.

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2009-09-22

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

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Freeman, Carrie Packwood. 2009. “Appetizing Anthropocentrism: Review of Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals”. Humanimalia 1 (1): 63–69. https://doi.org/10.52537/humanimalia.10117.
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