Boosted bodies: Genetic techniques, domestic livestock bodies and complex representations of life

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1709-1720

  Holloway, Lewis ^a   Morris, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bodies; Complexity; Genetic techniques; Knowledge practices; Life; Livestock animals; UK

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BREEDING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50149098542     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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