This volume explores the tension between the dietary practice of veganism and the manifestation, construction, and representation of a vegan identity in today’s society. The sections contextualize veganism beyond its status as a dietary choice, situating veganism within broader social, ethical, legal, theoretical, and artistic discourses.

PART 1 History and foundational texts 1 Framing vegan studies: vegetarianism, veganism, animal studies, ecofeminism Laura Wright2 Pythagoras, Plutarch, Porphyry, and the ancient defense of the vegetarian choice Joanna Komorowska3 Vegetarian and vegan histories Tom Hertweck4 The analytic philosophers: Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and Tom Regan’s The Case for Animal Rights Josh Milburn5 The "posthumanists": Cary Wolfe and Donna Haraway Eva GiraudPART 2 Vegan studies in the disciplines: humanities 6 Vegan literature for children: epistemic resistance, agency, and the Anthropocene Marzena Kubisz7 Veganism, ecoethics, and climate change in Margaret Atwood’s "MaddAddam" trilogy Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad8 Vegan Cervantes: meat consumption and social degradation in Dialogue of the Dogs José Manuel Marrero Henríquez9 A quiet riot: veganism as anti-capitalism and ecofeminist revolt in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian Liz Mayo10 Causal impotence and veganism: recent developments and possible ways forward David Killoren11 By any means of persuasion necessary: the rhetoric of veganism Christopher Garland1 2 Veganism and the U.S. legal system Tim Phillips13 Vegan studies in sociology Elizabeth Cherry14 Psychology and vegan studies Adam Feltz and Silke Feltz15 Vegan studies and food studies Jessica HolmesPART 3 Vegan studies in the disciplines: religion 16 Veganism and Christianity Allison Covey17 Yes, but is it Kosher? Varying religio-cultural perspectives on Judaism and veganism Barry L. Stiefel18 Veganism, Hinduism, and Jainism in India: a geo-cultural inquiry Saurav Kumar19 The interface between "identity" and "aspiration": reading the Buddhist teachings through a vegan lens Joyjit Ghosh and Krishanu Maiti20 Veganism and Islam Magfirah DahlanPART 4 Theoretical engagements 21 A vegan ecofeminist queer ecological view of ecocriticism: a Costa Rican natureculture walk in literary/environmental studyland Adriana Jiménez Rodríguez22 Veganism in Critical Animal Studies: humanist and post-humanist perspectives Jonathan Sparks-Franklin23 Vegan studies and queer theory Emelia Quinn24 "You would betray your own mother for meat": a postcolonial vegan reading of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions Sarah Rhu and Laura Wright25 Radical recipe: veganism as anti-racism Marilisa C. Navarro26 Vegan studies and gender studies Alex LockwoodPART 5 Veganism in the media 27 Screening veganism: the production, rhetoric, and reception of vegan advocacy films Alexa Weik von Mossner28 (Mis)representing veganism in film and television Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart29 Merchandizing veganism Simon C. Estok30 "Friends don’t let friends eat tofu": a rhetorical analysis of fast food corporation "anti-vegan-options," advertisements Erin Trauth31 The vegan myth: the rhetoric of online anti-veganism Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero and Margarita Carretero-GonzálezPART 6 Vegan geographies 32 Vegan food tourism: experiences and implications Francesc Fusté-Forné33 Toward a new humanity: animal cruelty in China in light of COVID-19 Ruth Y.Y. Hung34 Vegan geographies in Ireland Corey Wrenn