Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

C 2025

Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa

Základní údaje

Originální název

Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats

Autoři

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa

Vydání

1st. Lanham, Maryland, USA, Environmental Justice in Ethnic American Literature, od s. 57-80, 24 s. Ecocritical Theory and Practice, 2025

Nakladatel

Lexington Books

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00141086

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-1-6669-1900-4

Klíčová slova anglicky

ecoferminism; animal colonialism; reproductive violence; environmental injustice; meat colonialism; milk colonialism; minoritized women; nonhuman animals; commodification; Ruth Ozeki; My Year of Meats; American imperialism

Štítky

American imperialism, Animal Colonialism, body as territory, commodification, ecoferminism, environmental injustice, meat colonialism, Milk Colonialism, minoritized women, My Year of Meats, Nonhuman Animals, patriarchal dominance, reproductive control, reproductive violence, rivok, Ruth Ozeki

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 11. 2. 2026 15:14, Mgr. Ester Gaja Pučálková, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

In the words of ecofeminist scholar and activist Vandana Shiva, the modern era witnesses a form of colonization where “life itself is being colonized,” with the bodies of women and nonhuman animals serving as the last frontiers. This chapter engages with Shiva’s assertion, exploring the entwined subjugation of minoritized women and nonhuman animals, conceptualizing their bodies as colonized territories strategically manipulated for profit. This is done primarily through the control of their reproductive cycles and their dietary regimes. The chapter explores the concept of milk and meat colonialism and shows how it constitutes a form of environmental injustice perpetrated against both human and nonhuman animals. It also highlights the interconnected nature of environmental injustice and reproductive violence by showing how “environmental injustices intersect with individuals’ ability to determine whether and when to have children and how to parent in safe and sustainable communities”. The central focus of this analysis revolves around the notion of animal colonialism, and its portrayal in Ruth Ozeki’s novel, My Year of Meats (1998). Here, the exploitation of nonhuman animals mirrors that of (minoritized) women, positioning them as colonized subjects abused as tools of assimilation and instruments of patriarchal dominance. This narrative reveals a nexus where American imperialism converges with the commodification of meat, resulting not only in environmental degradation and environmental injustice but also in the consolidation of control over the bodies of (minoritized) women.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1328/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Jazyk, literatura a kultura v anglofonních kontextech I

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Jazyk, literatura a kultura v anglofonních kontextech I

Citovat

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa. Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats. In Kopecký, Petr; Beneš, Jan. Environmental Justice in Ethnic American Literature. 1st. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Lexington Books, 2025, s. 57-80. Ecocritical Theory and Practice. ISBN 978-1-6669-1900-4.

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KRÁSNÁ, Denisa. Animal Colonialism in Ruth Ozeki’s My Year of Meats. In Kopecký, Petr; Beneš, Jan. \textit{Environmental Justice in Ethnic American Literature}. 1st. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Lexington Books, 2025, s.~57-80. Ecocritical Theory and Practice. ISBN~978-1-6669-1900-4.

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