{"product_id":"domesticating-organ-transplant-9780822360674","title":"Domesticating Organ Transplant","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDomesticating Organ Transplant\u003c\/i\u003e Megan Crowley-Matoka examines the iconic power of kidney transplantation in Mexico, where the procedure is inexorably linked to the imaginings of individual and national identity, national pride, and the role of women in creating the Mexican state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Crowley-Matoka’s semiotic-inspired approach successfully offers new insights into a growing body of anthropological work on organ transplantation.\" -- Parsa Bastani * Somatosphere *\u003cbr\u003e\"Crowley-Matoka’s ethnographic evidence is compelling, and her sensitive examination of what are very often matters of life and death makes clear how intimate experiences reveal a good deal about life in contemporary Mexico and the politics of transplantation more generally.\" -- Lauren A. Wynne * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"If it is the duty of ethnography to complicate our understanding of the world, then Crowley-Matoka has more than fulfilled her responsibility.... The book’s great strength is the depth of interview material, often acquired under very difficult circumstances, and the modesty that the author brings to her own role as reporter.\" -- Donald Joralemon * Journal of Anthropological Research *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDomesticating Organ Transplant\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and compelling ethnography that makes important contributions to the anthropology of transplant and medical anthropology.\" -- Cristina T. Bejarano * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkably well-written work of anthropology, enriched throughout with well-balanced, reflexive, and theoretically challenging insights.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marie Le Clainche-Piel * Medicine Anthropology Theory *\u003cbr\u003e\"Based on extensive fieldwork with patients, Crowley-Matoka offers a fascinating insight into how notions about motherhood, miracles and \u003ci\u003emestizos\u003c\/i\u003e shape the ways in which lives are transformed by transplantation, and how the social and familial consequences reverberate for many years thereafter.\" -- Gavin O'Toole * Latin American Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully written and theoretically perceptive exploration of both the biological and existential realms, Crowley-Matoka’s study deserves a wide readership. It makes a significant contribution to scholarly literature on medical anthropology, bioethics, and moral politics in Mexico.... The book is a must-read for anyone interested in medical anthropology in Latin America.\" -- Steven J. Bachelor * The Latin Americanist *\u003cbr\u003e\"A compelling ethnographic account of the cultural and biopolitical nature of kidney donation and transplantation in Mexico. . . . Given its ethnographic richness and depth of analysis, this book will appeal to multiple audiences, especially those interested in anthropological studies of health and biomedical practices in Latin America and the growing literature on organ transplant and its corporeal and cultural implications. This book is a robust, yet refined addition, to both these areas of inquiry.\" -- Shana Harris * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Giving Kidneys (Or Not)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Living Organ Donation, Bioavailability, and Ethical Domesticity  33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cadaveric Organ Donation, Bio\u003ci\u003eun\u003c\/i\u003eavailability, and Slippery States  65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Getting Kidneys (Or Not)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Being Worthy of Transplant, Embodying Transplant's Worth  109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Unsung Story of Posttransplant Life  147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Framing Transplantation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Gifts, Commodities, and Analytic Icons in the Anthropological Lives of Organs  187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Scientists, Saints, and Monsters in Transplant Medicine  225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References  285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866014003543,"sku":"9780822360674","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822360674.jpg?v=1722276625","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/domesticating-organ-transplant-9780822360674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}