‘Wannabe Toxic-Free?’ From precautionary consumption to corporeal citizenship

Environmental Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 322-342

  Scott, Dayna Nadine ^a   Haw, Jennie ^b   Lee, Robyn ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporeal citizenship; ecological citizenship; environmental health; material feminisms; Precautionary consumption; toxics

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; FEMINISM;

EID: 84991489663     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2016.1232523     Document Type: Article

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