Recovering the nation's body : cultural memory, medicine, and the politics of redemption / Linda F. Hogle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogle, Linda F., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allocation of organs, tissues, etc--Germany--Public opinion.

Allocation of organs, tissues, etc.

Public opinion--Germany.

Public opinion.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Social aspects.

Germany.

Allocation of organs, tissues, etc--United States--Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States.

United States.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Social aspects--Germany.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Social aspects--United States.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1999]

Summary:

The body is both a site for medical practice and a source of tools for therapeutic and scientific uses. There are many meanings ascribed to the body that both affect and are affected by numerous cultural, economic, political, and legal issues. In order to procure and use body organs and tissues, Linda F. Hogle states, scientists enlist a wide array of cultural assumptions. Nowhere is this more evident than in present-day Germany, where the specter of Nazi medical experimentation still plays a large role in national policies governing treatment of both living and dead bodies and the way these policies are put into practice. In their efforts to distance themselves from the atrocities of the past, German medical practitioners and policy-makers have reformulated ideas of bodily violation. Furthermore, the reunification of East and West Germany has engendered new questions about the relationships among individuals' bodies, science, and the state.

Recovering the Nation's Body is the first book to analyze the actual practices involved in procuring human body parts, and the first to examine how the German past and the unique present-day situation within the European Union are keys to understanding the forms that medical practice takes within various cultural contexts.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Situating Medical Practices 1

Part I German Culture, History, and Boundaries of the Body 19

2 Animation and Regeneration: The Meaning of Death and the Use of Body Materials in History 23

3 Embodying National Identity: National Socialism and the Body 45

4 Culture, Technology, and the Law Define the Body 59

5 Bodies, Sciences, and the State in the New Germany 79

Part II Medical Practice and the Politics of Redemption 95

6 Organizing the Procurement and Use of Human Materials 101

7 Local Practice: Coordinators and Surgeons 124

8 Converting Human Materials into Therapeutic Tools 140

9 The Right Therapeutic Tools 161

10 Conclusions: Medicine and the Politics of Redemption 186

Appendix Donation Rates and Public Opinion about Donation 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.

ISBN:

0813526442

0813526450

OCLC:

39951742