Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies : death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer / Lesley A. Sharp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Lesley Alexandra.

Series:

University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.

University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organs (Anatomy)--Social aspects--United States.

Organs (Anatomy).

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

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Human body--Social aspects--United States.

Human body.

Human body--Symbolic aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 129 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-124) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780231510981

0231510985

OCLC:

137933137