{"id":6303,"date":"2017-06-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=6303"},"modified":"2017-06-19T10:04:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:04:28","slug":"the-cultural-contexts-of-veganism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2017\/06\/21\/the-cultural-contexts-of-veganism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cultural Contexts of Veganism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6305\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rockspindeln\/14103703882\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6305\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/06\/14103703882_bd4f405d2a_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/06\/14103703882_bd4f405d2a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2017\/06\/14103703882_bd4f405d2a_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Helen Alfvegren, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veganism is a common practice in countries like France, Israel, and the U.S., and a recent\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardmagazine.com\/2017\/07\/the-rise-of-vegan-culture\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <em>Harvard Magazine<\/em>\u00a0looked to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/ninagheihman\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nina Gheihman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to detail how recent shifts in rhetoric surrounding veganism are taking place in each of these countries. Gheihman\u2014a vegan herself and president of the Harvard Vegan Society\u2014describes how the narratives and norms associated with veganism are culturally specific and constantly evolving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"pull-this-show\" id=\"pull-this-show-6303-ex1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div> In the U.S., Gheihman describes, veganism was originally rooted in activism and debates surrounding animal rights, particularly in the face of modern agricultural practices and the worsening conditions for livestock. These ideas have shifted, however, and now veganism in the U.S. is promoted not just for animal rights\u2019 sake, but as a healthier lifestyle choice in general. This has meant a noticeable shift away from debates about the ethical treatment of animals towards conversations about health and the body. Furthermore, we are seeing a transformation of the images associated with veganism, including messages of veganism as macho and masculine. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady\u2014a prominent vegan himself\u2014is involved with a meal-order shipment service that mails vegan meals to your home; this service, known as Purple Carrot, advertises better physical performance on the football field as one of the benefits of the vegan diet. <span class=\"pull-this-mark\" id=\"pull-this-mark-6303-ex1\" style=\"display:none;\"> The narratives and norms associated with veganism are culturally specific and constantly evolving.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gheihman finds that the meanings of and motivations for veganism are different across the globe, and her research promises to uncover some of the ways veganism has evolved in different contexts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veganism is a common practice in countries like France, Israel, and the U.S., and a recent\u00a0article in Harvard Magazine\u00a0looked to\u00a0Nina Gheihman\u00a0to detail how recent shifts in rhetoric surrounding veganism are taking place in each of these countries. Gheihman\u2014a vegan herself and president of the Harvard Vegan Society\u2014describes how the narratives and norms associated with veganism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,85],"tags":[39112,247,263,39115,96176,96177],"class_list":["post-6303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-politics","tag-culture","tag-france","tag-israel","tag-politics","tag-vegan","tag-veganism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6303"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6310,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6303\/revisions\/6310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}