03223nam 22006374a 450 991045168720332120200520144314.00-231-51098-5(CKB)1000000000474434(EBL)908408(OCoLC)137933137(SSID)ssj0000113500(PQKBManifestationID)12034823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113500(PQKBWorkID)10099163(PQKB)11450763(MiAaPQ)EBC908408(Au-PeEL)EBL908408(CaPaEBR)ebr10183577(CaONFJC)MIL697542(EXLCZ)99100000000047443420060118d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBodies, commodities, and biotechnologies[electronic resource] death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer /Lesley A. SharpNew York Columbia University Pressc20071 online resource (89 p.)University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lecturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-13839-3 0-231-13838-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-124) and index.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; IndexThe human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, they have also irrevocably altered perceptions of the cultural values assigned to the body. In Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies, Lesley A. 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 oUniversity seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.Organs (Anatomy)Social aspectsUnited StatesTransplantation of organs, tissues, etcSocial aspectsUnited StatesHuman bodySocial aspectsUnited StatesHuman bodySymbolic aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Organs (Anatomy)Social aspectsTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.Social aspectsHuman bodySocial aspectsHuman bodySymbolic aspects306.4Sharp Lesley Alexandra937996MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451687203321Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies2113105UNINA