The new species of capitalism: An ecofeminist comment on animal biotechnology

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 445-457

  Emel, Jody ^a   Urbanik, Julie ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal biotechnology; Capitalism; Ecofeminist approach; Feminist geography; Political economy of patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955409152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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