To Eat or Not to Eat Meat: How Vegetarian Dietary Choices Influence Our Social Lives

People are increasingly adopting vegetarian, plant-based, or vegan diets, which have profound effects on social interactions. This book explores how food choices can lead to complex social consequences, including rejection of mainstream dietary choices. It adopts an innovative narrative approach and draws on stories from around the world to consider the moral, religious, and ecological considerations behind these choices.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Vegetarian, plant-based, or vegan diets are becoming increasingly popular, and this trend is having a significant impact on our social interactions. This book explores the profound effects of this shift on our relationships with family, friends, and the broader community. Becoming a vegetarian or vegan involves more than just altering your diet; it can also shape your outlook on life, open up new opportunities, and lead to uncomfortable situations.

This book adopts an innovative narrative approach, drawing on stories from around the world to consider how our food choices can have complex social consequences. The narratives cover a range of topics, including the moral reasons behind individuals' decisions to change their diets, religious or ecological considerations, and potential health and social ramifications.

To date, the social consequences of selecting a plant-based diet have been overlooked in favor of texts that focus on the benefits of these diets, often emphasizing health, animal welfare, and environmental issues. This book offers a unique perspective on how our social lives are intertwined with our food choices, and is essential for understanding the importance of diet as embedded in complex social processes.

Cultural studies texts that consider vegetarianism or veganism have typically targeted academic audiences with analyses of how identity is constructed through food and dietary choices. In contrast, this book provides a window into how our social lives are implicated in our food choices, making it critical for understanding the significance of diet in our social interactions.

Weight: 345g
Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538159651