03005nam 22006254a 450 991077769990332120230911164507.00-231-51098-5(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)99100000000047443420060118h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBodies, commodities, and biotechnologies death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer /Lesley A. SharpNew York :Columbia University Press,2007.©20071 online resource (xii, 129 pages) illustrationsUniversity seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures0-231-13839-3 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; Index"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."--JacketUniversity seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.Organs (Anatomy)Social aspectsUnited StatesTransplantation of organs, tissues, etcSocial aspectsUnited StatesHuman bodySocial aspectsUnited StatesHuman bodySymbolic aspectsUnited StatesOrgans (Anatomy)Social aspectsTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.Social aspectsHuman bodySocial aspectsHuman bodySymbolic aspects306.4Sharp Lesley Alexandra1176470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777699903321Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies3698416UNINA