Reinventing Hoodia - Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa

Informationen zum Autor Laura A. Foster is an assistant professor of gender studies at Indiana University-Bloomington with affiliations in African studies and the Maurer School of Law. She is also a senior researcher with the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law. Klappentext Laura A. Foster is an assistant professor of gender studies at Indiana University¿Bloomington with affiliations in African studies and the Maurer School of Law. She is also a senior researcher with the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction | Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1. Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 2. San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plant from Nature 3. South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodia as a Molecule 4. Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drug to Liquid Food 5. Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a Cultivated Plant Epilogue | Implications of a Feminist Decolonial Technoscience Appendix 1: Community Protocols and Research Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Strategies for Patent Litigation Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Laura A Foster, Laura A. Foster
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780295742182
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74218-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Feminist Technosciences; Feminist Technosciences; Reinventing Hoodia; Feminist TechnosciencesFeminist TechnosciencesFeminist TechnosciencesFeminist TechnosciencesFeminist TechnosciencesReinventing Hoodia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories