Rethinking women and their bodies in the age of biotechnology: Feminist commentaries on the Hwang Affair

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-26

  Leem, So Yeon ^a   Park, Jin Hee ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bodily technology; Egg donation; Feminism; Korean women; Stem cell research; The Hwang affair

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449105246     PISSN: 18752160     EISSN: 18752152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12280-008-9028-7     Document Type: Article

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