'Race' and the human genome project: Constructions of scientific legitimacy

Discourse and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-432

  McCann Mortimer, Patricia ^a   Augoustinos, Martha ^a   LeCouteur, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Genomics discourse; Human Genome Project; Race; Scientific discourse; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142669362     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926504043707     Document Type: Article

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