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

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Auteur principal: Wurgaft, Benjamin Aldes, 19..-...., AuteurLangue : anglaisPays : Etats-Unis.Publication : Oakland : University of California PressDate du copyright : 2019Description: 1 vol. (XIII-242 p.), jaquette ill., 24 cmISBN : 9780520295537.Résumé : "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".Bibliographie : Bibliogr. p. 227-237. Index.Sujet - Nom commun: Aliments -- Produits de remplacement | Aliments artificiels | Industries agroalimentaires -- Aspect moral | Meat substitutes | Artificial foods | Meat industry and trade -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Bibliogr. p. 227-237. Index

"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"

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