Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Paperback)

A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle This is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political scientist Timothy Pachirat, was employed undercover for five months in a Great Plains slaughterhouse where 2,500 cattle were killed per day-one every twelve seconds. Working in the cooler as a liver hanger, in the chutes as a cattle driver, and on the kill floor as a food-safety quality-control worker, Pachirat experienced firsthand the realities of the work of killing in modern society. He uses those experiences to explore not only the slaughter industry but also how, as a society, we facilitate violent labor and hide away that which is too repugnant to contemplate. Through his vivid narrative and ethnographic approach, Pachirat brings to life massive, routine killing from the perspective of those who take part in it. He shows how surveillance and sequestration operate within the slaughterhouse and in its interactions with the community at large. He also considers how society is organized to distance and hide uncomfortable realities from view. With much to say about issues ranging from the sociology of violence and modern food production to animal rights and welfare, Every Twelve Seconds is an important and disturbing work.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	March 2013
Authors:	Timothy Pachirat
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-19248-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Food manufacturing & related industries > General
LSN:	0-300-19248-7
Barcode:	9780300192483

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