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T1  - Institutional resistance to veganism : Constructing vegan bodies as deviant in medical encounters in Estonia 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305155 
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A1  - Aavik, Kadri 
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Y1  - 2021 
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AB  - This article examines institutional resistance to veganism, with a focus on the medical system. Based on a qualitative analysis of vegans’ accounts of medical encounters in Estonia, collected via an online questionnaire, I argue that the vegan body is socially constructed as a deviant entity by medical professionals. I suggest that the medical professionals’ perceptions of vegans are based less on the actual conditions of their bodies but more on ideas about what are socially and politically acc... 
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KW  - 5141 Sociology; critical animal studies; veganim; DEVIANCE; MEDICINE; SPECIESISM; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health 
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