Rhetoric Review Jan 2018

Toward a Feminist Food Rhetoric

Abby M. Dubisar Iowa State University

Abstract

In 2012 The New York Times’s “Ethicist” column hosted a public writing contest, asking participants to defend eating meat. The contest sparked controversy due to its panel of judges—all white men. Analyzing this case study and the debate it catalyzed—a dynamic conversation about the problem of yoking animal ethics expertise to white masculine authority—issues calls for a feminist food rhetoric. Applying such an analytical lens illustrates both who may address food with authority and how such power is cultivated from gender stereotypes.

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Rhetoric Review
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2018-01-02
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10.1080/07350198.2018.1395270
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