Reflections on the field: Primatology, popular science and the politics of personhood

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 881-907

  Rees, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Emotion; Field science; Methodology; Popular science; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448966478     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312707077368     Document Type: Article

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