critical animal studies, milk colonialism, meat colonialism, Ruth Ozeki, environmental justice

The chapter critically engages with the complex interplay between environmental injustice, gendered oppression, and the exploitation of nonhuman animals. In applying an ecofeminist lens, the chapter navigates the entwined subjugation of marginalized women and nonhuman animals, framing their bodies as colonized territories manipulated for profit. By arguing that Ozeki’s novel portrays nonhuman animals as enduring instruments of colonization, the chapter illuminates how the meat industry serves and operates as a tool of cultural assimilation andpatriarchal dominance, thereby perpetuating environmental degradation andreproductive violence. Ozeki’s novel, as Krásná argues, unpacks the thematic layers of animal colonialism, revealing the slaughterhouse as a microcosm reflecting broader ecological devastation. Ultimately, by echoing ecofeminist scholars like Carol J. Adams, the chapter underscores the interconnectedness of oppression across human and nonhuman realms.

The chapter critically engages with the complex interplay between environmental injustice, gendered oppression, and the exploitation of nonhuman animals. In applying an ecofeminist lens, the chapter navigates the entwined subjugation of marginalized women and nonhuman animals, framing their bodies as colonized territories manipulated for profit. By arguing that Ozeki’s novel portrays nonhuman animals as enduring instruments of colonization, the chapter illuminates how the meat industry serves and operates as a tool of cultural assimilation andpatriarchal dominance, thereby perpetuating environmental degradation andreproductive violence. Ozeki’s novel, as Krásná argues, unpacks the thematic layers of animal colonialism, revealing the slaughterhouse as a microcosm reflecting broader ecological devastation. Ultimately, by echoing ecofeminist scholars like Carol J. Adams, the chapter underscores the interconnectedness of oppression across human and nonhuman realms.