Hog Ties
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-75321-7 (ISBN)
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From Arnold Ziffel to Porky Pig, Americans are fascinated, even obsessed by pigs. But, why? In this text Richard Horwitz looks at this obsession, its relation to the basis of American culture and the way in which archetypal themes of life and death are played out in the care, feeding, slaughtering and eating of pigs. As much a memoir of rural life as it is an engaging work of cultural commentary, the text looks at the current business of pig farming, its roots in the family farms of the Midwest and its future in the large conglomerates that take over small farms and increasingly separate the farm family from their land. In the lives and trials of pigs and their caretakers, Horwitz sees a mirror image of our own lives, our fight against myriad diseases, our ultimate death, possible redemption and therein discovers the Tao of pig.
RICHARD P. HORWITZ is Professor of American Studies at the University of Iowa.
Acknowledgments Extracts PART I: CARING FOR HOGS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE A Bit of an Explanation Porcine Wahinis Shit Happens PART II: STEPPING INTO IT Swine Symbolism Hog Wars and Pig Politics Food Safety Swine Rights, Liberation and Welfare Crapping Up and Cleaning Up the Environment Meet the Big Guys The Technological Edge PART III: STEPPING OUT OF IT So It Goes So, We've Been Screwed So, Who's Right? More Shit Happens PART IV: STEPPING BACK: HOG MEMORIES, FAIR AND FOUL Farming and Cyber-swinology A Chat with Robin Farm Rhythms, Harmony and Prophecy PART V: DISEASE, BODY AND SOUL Some Swine Disease Science Contemplate 'Eradicate' The Body Porcine PART VI: SAY IT WITH SWINE Multicultural Porcinalia Talking Life, Talking Hogs
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.12.1998 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 141 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 624 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-333-75321-6 / 0333753216 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-75321-7 / 9780333753217 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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