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Glyphosate and the Swirl
An Agroindustrial Chemical on the Move
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Vincanne Adams
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
Vincanne Adams takes the complex chemical glyphosate—the active ingredient in Roundup and pervasive agricultural herbicide—to explore the formation of contested knowledge.
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Vincanne Adams is Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco, author of Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina, and coeditor of Arc of Interference: Medical Anthropology for Worlds on Edge, both also published by Duke University Press.
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"This book could be used in the disciplines of food studies, anthropology, government, environmental studies, and social justice studies. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals."
-- C.L. Lalonde Choice
"Adams’ latest book is a beautifully written, provocative foray into re-thinking the ever-swirling sources of, and possible responses to, chemical injury, urging critical scholars of toxicity to shepherd the swirl towards tangible and embodied forms of environmental justice."
-- Melina Packer Science as Culture
"Highly recommended for professionals and stakeholders in the agriculture, industry, health, and policy sectors. It fosters a deeper awareness and understanding of the realities behind glyphosate’s use and its broader implications for public health and safety."
-- Arif Purwanto Kaban Agriculture and Human Values
-- Arif Purwanto Kaban Agriculture and Human Values
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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1 From Blossoms
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2 Building the Food Chemosphere
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3 Ontological Multiplicity & Glyphosate’s Safety
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4 Chemical Life, Clinical Encounters
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5 The Scientific Consensus & the Counterfactual
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6 Consensuses, Academic Capitalism & the Swirl
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7 Glyphosate Becomes an Activist
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8 Chemicals as Agents of Care
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Notes
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References
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Index
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December 5, 2022
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9781478024033
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184
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Professional and scholarly;
