{"product_id":"recovering-the-nations-body-cultural-memory-medicine-and-the-politics-of-redemption-9780813526454","title":"Recovering the Nations Body  Cultural Memory Medicine and the Politics of Redemption","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecovering the Nation’s Body\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to analyze the actual practices involved in procuring human tissue, and the first to examine how the German past and the unique present-day situation within the European Union are key in understanding the form that medical practices take within various contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA noteworthy contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of twentieth-century Germany. * German Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003eThis astonishing portrait of changing understandings of life and death is both profound and revolutionary. While extending classical debates about body parts as gifts and as commodities, it brilliantly transfigures them. Unparalleled in its field, this powerful book redefines the future of medical anthropology. -- Sarah Franklin * Reader in Cultural Anthropology, Lancaster University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction : situating medical practices\u003cbr\u003e Animation and regeneration : the meaning of death and the use of body materials in history\u003cbr\u003e Embodying national identity : national socialism and the body\u003cbr\u003e Culture, technology, and the law define the body\u003cbr\u003e Bodies, sciences, and the state in the new Germany\u003cbr\u003e Organizing the procurement and use of human materials\u003cbr\u003e Local practice : coordinators and surgeons\u003cbr\u003e Converting human materials into therapeutic tools\u003cbr\u003e The right therapeutic tools\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions : medicine and the politics of redemption","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742322721111,"sku":"9780813526454","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813526454.jpg?v=1758384272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/recovering-the-nations-body-cultural-memory-medicine-and-the-politics-of-redemption-9780813526454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}