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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. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy.

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List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Good Death Managing and Memorializing the Dead2. Body Commodities The Medical Value of the Human Body and its Parts3. Human, Monkey, Machine The Brave New World of Human HybridityEpilogue The Future of the Body TransformedNotes References Cited Index

Bodies Commodities and Biotechnologies

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/10/2006
      ISBN13: 9780231138383, 978-0231138383
      ISBN10: 0231138385

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy.

      Trade Review
      Sharp makes a complex topic comprehensible. -- Donna Chavez Booklist

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Good Death Managing and Memorializing the Dead2. Body Commodities The Medical Value of the Human Body and its Parts3. Human, Monkey, Machine The Brave New World of Human HybridityEpilogue The Future of the Body TransformedNotes References Cited Index

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