Every twelve seconds : industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight /
Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-
Every twelve seconds : industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight / Timothy Pachirat. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011. - xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Yale agrarian studies series . - Yale agrarian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hidden in plain sight -- The place where blood flows -- Kill floor -- "Es todo por hoy" -- One hundred thousand livers -- Killing at close range -- Control of quality -- Quality of control -- A politics of sight.
The author relates his experiences working five months undercover at a slaughterhouse, and explores why society encourages this violent labor yet keeps the details of the work hidden.
9780300192483 (pbk.) 0300152671 (alk. paper)
2011017018
015903383 Uk
Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Social aspects--United States.
Meat industry and trade--Social aspects--United States.
Animal welfare--United States.
TS1963 / .P33 2011
664.9029 PAC / 017666
Every twelve seconds : industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight / Timothy Pachirat. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011. - xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Yale agrarian studies series . - Yale agrarian studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hidden in plain sight -- The place where blood flows -- Kill floor -- "Es todo por hoy" -- One hundred thousand livers -- Killing at close range -- Control of quality -- Quality of control -- A politics of sight.
The author relates his experiences working five months undercover at a slaughterhouse, and explores why society encourages this violent labor yet keeps the details of the work hidden.
9780300192483 (pbk.) 0300152671 (alk. paper)
2011017018
015903383 Uk
Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Social aspects--United States.
Meat industry and trade--Social aspects--United States.
Animal welfare--United States.
TS1963 / .P33 2011
664.9029 PAC / 017666