Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies [[electronic resource] ] : death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer / / Lesley A. Sharp
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Sharp Lesley Alexandra
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Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies [[electronic resource] ] : death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer / / Lesley A. Sharp
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (89 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-124) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 o |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies |
| ISBN: | 0-231-51098-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451687203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.