Habituating Meerkats and Redescribing Animal Behaviour Science

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 105-128

  Candea, Matei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropology; detachment; habituation; human animal relations; sociology of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890344924     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276413501204     Document Type: Article

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