Love-iathan, the meat-whale and hidden people : ordering Faroese pilot whaling

• Published in: Journal of Political Ecology
• Main Author: Singleton, Benedict
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap 2016
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; whaling; political ontology; cosmopolitics; Îles Féroé; chasse à la baleine; l'ontologie politique; cosmopolitique; Islas Feroe; caza de ballenas; ontología política; cosmopolítica; Social Anthropology; Socialantropologi; Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Baleine; Ballenas; la Baleine
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-49328; https://doi.org/10.2458/v23i1.20178

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