Contesting genetic knowledge-practices in livestock breeding: Biopower, biosocial collectivities, and heterogeneous resistances

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-77

  Holloway, Lewis ^a   Morris, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CATTLE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SHEEP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856747409     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d2911     Document Type: Article

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