Care of the species : races of corn and the science of plant biodiversity /

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John Hartigan Jr. uses ethnography to access the expertise of botanists and others engaged with cultivating biodiversity, providing various entry points for understanding plants in the world around us. He begins by tracing the historical emergence of race through practices of care on nonhumans, show...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartigan, John, Jr., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Ecology and Evolution.
Temas:
Corn > Mexico.
Corn > Spain.
Plant diversity.
Corn > Genetics.
Maïs > Mexique.
Maïs > Espagne.
Diversité végétale.
Maïs > Génétique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Corn
Corn > Genetics
Plant diversity
Mexico
Spain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. I. Species interiors
  • Follow the species : In and out of labs
  • Maize : An ethnohistory
  • Racial thinking : Transgenics versus razas
  • Selfing : The sexual history of a species
  • Species thinking : Calibrating knowledge of life forms
  • Interlude : Figure and ground
  • pt. II. Knowing plants
  • Living ethnographies : Of plants and arguments
  • Species don't exist : Theorizing life forms
  • Care and its publics : Peopling botanical gardens
  • How to interview a plant : ethnography of life forms
  • Epilogue : An elegant plant.

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