Being Vegan the literature of environmental justice

Film clips from: Sharkwater Factory Farm Blackfish Cowspiracy (2014)

The Jungle Song of Extinction My Year of Meats “The Rape of Animals, the Butchering of Women” Silent Spring Eating Animals “Humans and Other Animals” Dead Meat Safe Food “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” Fast Food Nation

INSTRUCTOR: YANOULA ATHANASSAKIS SPRING 2016: COLIT-UA 800 EMAIL: YA28@NYU.EDU CLASS TIMES: T/TH. 4:55pm-6:10pm

Can vegans save the world? Is it more ethical to eat beans, not beef? What relationship, if any, is there between what we eat and who we are? This class explores the role of literature in creating empathy – how can it help us imagine the lives of others & that of animals? By querying the politics of meat we will put similar (yet often disconnected) disciplines in conversation with each other: Literature, food studies, environmental studies, and animal studies.

image courtesy of Sue Coe