Mortal love: Care practices in animal experimentation

Feminist Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-163

  Holmberg, Tora ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animal studies; animaling; care; feminist science studies; killing; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052417666     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700111404206     Document Type: Article

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