Biogenetic paradoxes of the nation : Finncattle, apples, and other genetic-resource puzzles /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tamminen, Sakari (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:	Experimental futures.
Subjects:	Biodiversity conservation > Finland. Biodiversity conservation > Government policy > Finland. Nature and nurture. Life sciences > Social aspects > Finland. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction. The new biopolitics of nature and the nature of (mis)stakes
Finncattle : biowealth as national life
Alexander and the (re)birth of nation : apple trees' genetic fingerprinting and the making of a molecular nationhood
Stilled life : animal gene banks and new infrastructures of life
Experimental administration : genetic sovereignty and the institutional (bio)politics of nonhuman nationhood
Conclusion. Biogenetic paradoxes of the nation.