Meat planet : artificial flesh and the future of food / Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft.

Author/creator Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes author.
Format Book
PublicationOakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Descriptionxiii, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCalifornia studies in food and culture
California studies in food and culture. ^A469711
Contents Cyberspace/meatspace -- Meat -- Promise -- Fog -- Doubt -- Hope -- Tree -- Future -- Prometheus -- Memento -- Copy -- Philosophers -- Maastricht -- Kosher -- Whale -- Cannibals -- Gathering/parting -- Epimetheus.
Abstract "Meat Planet explores the quest to grow meat in laboratories--a substance sometimes called "cultured meat"--And asks what it means to imagine that this is the future of food. This book takes the reader on a tour of the laboratories, kitchens, public debates, and media events that may launch this novel food technology. While pundits and entrepreneurs promote cultured meat as a solution to the ethical and environmental problems of industrial meat, Meat Planet meditates on the philosophical, historical and anthropological meanings of future flesh"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes. Meat planet. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520968264
LCCN 2019002873
ISBN9780520295537 (hardcover alkaline paper)
ISBN0520295536 (hardcover alkaline paper)
Standard identifier# 40029387456

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks TP447 .M4 W87 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold