The blade and the claw: Science, art and the creation of the lab-borne monster

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-692

  Dixon, Deborah P ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BioArt; Biotechnology; Future; Monstrous; Visceral aesthetic

Indexed keywords

ART; BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLITICS;

EID: 50349084829     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802292488     Document Type: Article

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