Biology Unmoored : Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology /

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Biology Unmoored is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bamford, Sandra C., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Papoea's.
Traditionele samenleving.
Biotechnologie.
Ecologische aspecten.
Manners and customs.
Ethnoecology.
Human body > Social aspects.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Agriculture.
Genetic engineering.
Ethnobiology.
Biotechnology.
Bioengineering.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
bioengineering.
Ethnoecologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Gulf.
Ethnobiologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Gulf.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Gulf.
Anga (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee) > Psychologie.
Anga (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee) > Agriculture.
Anga (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee) > Ethnobiologie.
Biotechnology
Ethnobiology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Ethnoecology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Human body > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Psychology.
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Ethnobiology.
Nieuw-Guinea.
Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province.
Gulf (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Biology Unmoored is an engaging examination of what it means to live in a world that is not structured in terms of biological thinking. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford describes a world in which physiological reproduction is not perceived to ground human kinship or human beings' relationship to the organic world. Bamford also exposes the ways in which Western ideas about relatedness do depend on a notion of physiological reproduction. Her innovative analysis includes a discussion of the advent of assisted reproductive techn.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (245 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780520939479

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