Illness as a Metaphor and the Absent Referent

Absent Referent: The interaction between physical oppression and the dependence on metaphors that rely on the absent referent indicates that we distance ourselves from whatever is different by equating it with something we have already objectified. According to Carol J. Adams, "The absent referent functions to cloak the violence inherent to meat eating, to protect…

The Politics of Meat – Sexism, Class and the Absent Referent

Sexism and Class People with power have always been seen visually in media to eat meat, from portraiture to more recently television and film and mass media. Historically this took the form of the European aristocracy who were deemed to eat large quantities of various meats compared to the poor labourer who consumed complex carbohydrates.…