Charged artifacts and the detonation of liminality: Teddy-bear diplomacy in the newborn incubator machine

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-344

  Landzelius, Kyra Marie ^a,b,c  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incubator; Liminal; Motherhood; Preterm; Prosthesis; Technology; Teddy bear

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242815696     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918350100600303     Document Type: Article

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