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Sharp Lesley Alexandra |
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Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies : death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer / / Lesley A. Sharp |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 129 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures |
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Soggetti |
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Organs (Anatomy) - Social aspects - United States |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects - United States |
Human body - Social aspects - United States |
Human body - Symbolic aspects - United States |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-124) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half title; University Seminars; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Good Death: Managing and Memorializing the Dead; 2. Body Commodities: The Medical Value of the Human Body and Its Parts; 3. Human, Monkey, Machine: The Brave New World of Human Hybridity; Epilogue: The Future of the Body Transformed; Notes; References Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies, Lesley Sharp probes the ideological assumptions underlying the transfer of body parts, the social significance of donors' deaths, and the medico-scientific desires surrounding complex forms of body repair. Sharp also considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy."--Jacket |
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