An animal rights advocate, Joy (psychology and sociology, U. of Massachusetts-Boston) argues not that society has removed some animals from the category of food, but that people are socialized into denying food animals the integrity they acknowledge in humans and other animals. Eating a few select animals is considered normal, natural, and necessary, she points out, and it is not eating meat that has to be explained and justified. She discusses how things are said to be and how they really are, other causalities besides the animals, internalized carnism, bearing witness, and other aspects. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)