Narrating descent: Popular science, evolutionary theory and gender politics

Science as Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Oikkonen, Venla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Evolution; Gender; Narrative; Popular science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652293     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430802668632     Document Type: Article

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