Techne versus technoscience: Divergent (and Ambiguous) notions of food "quality" in the French debate over GM Crops

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-615

  Heller, Chaia ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Food; French agriculture; Quality; Technoscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148947069     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.4.603     Document Type: Article

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