Research Catalog

Title

Biology unmoored [electronic resource] : Melanesian reflections on life and biotechnology / Sandra Bamford.

Author

Bamford, Sandra C., 1962-

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xiv, 230 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Biology unmoored (Online)

Alternative Title

Biology unmoored (Online)

Subject

• Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Ethnobiology
• Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Agriculture
• Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) > Psychology
• Human body > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province
• Ethnoecology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province
• Ethnobiology > Papua New Guinea > Gulf Province
• Biotechnology
• Genetic engineering
• Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: conceptual frameworks -- Cultural landscapes -- Insubstantial identities -- Embodiments of detachment -- (Im) mortal undertakings -- Conceiving global identities -- Conclusion: conceptual displacements.

LCCN

2006009333

OCLC

ssj0000290057

Author

Bamford, Sandra C., 1962-

Title

Biology unmoored [electronic resource] : Melanesian reflections on life and biotechnology / Sandra Bamford.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-218) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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