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ARTICLES

On Resurrected Nuggets and Sphincter Windows: Cultured Meat, Art, and the Discursive Subsumption of Nature

Pages 844-859 | Received 08 Dec 2015, Accepted 12 Feb 2017, Published online: 05 Apr 2017

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