This essay sees Andrea Levy's prolonged preoccupation with matters of family, kinship, and adoption as central to her literary articulation race, empire, slavery. It explores how Levy presents the colonial legacies that have entangled Britain Jamaica distinctly bodily affairs impact upon kinship family-making argues representation these histories is part firm attempt expose centrality coloniali...

How do non-human animals (hereafter animals) fit into sustainable food futures? This question prompts ethical reflection. However, especially in times of transformative change, one should not overlook ontological assumptions before engaging ethics. We follow up on the work late Australian philosopher Val Plumwood as she prominently made this move to level when considering edibility animals. As ...

This comparative cross-cultural study explores the prevalence of preoccupation with weight and eating patterns among female university students in two distinct cultural contexts, Cyprus and Lebanon. Data was collected by means of self-administered questionnaires to 200 students from each culture. To gather the data for this study, the Dutch Eating Behavior Scale was used for the assessment of e...