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Books

The Pornography of Meat by Carol Adams

Lisa Kemmerer agrees with Carol Adams about some of the subliminal assumptions advertisers use to sell their wares.

Carol Adams offers a philosophical critique of advertisements that is innovative, even startling, yet which readers cannot help but acknowledge as her book unfolds. She writes at the beginning of The Pornography of Meat: “In the following pages we will see how pornographic photographs, like advertisements, are carefully constructed: nothing that appears in the photograph or the advertisement is there by accident.” She goes on to state that some readers “may feel aroused” while others “will feel distaste.”

Adams argues that “viewing other beings as consumable is a central aspect of our culture” (p.12).

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