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Rites of Passage: Constructing Quality in a Commodity Subsector

Michigan State University

Keiko Tanaka

Michigan State University

This article extends the concept of symmetry to ethics. Using the case of canola in Canada, the authors argue that grades and standards simultaneously subject humans and nonhumans to rites of passage that test their "goodness. " Then, they further develop a tentative typology of standards. The authors argue that these standards allow something resembling the neoclassical market to be established, create the conditions for economic analysis, and allocate power among human actors.

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 21, No. 1, 3-27 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/016224399602100101


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