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Book SynopsisRanging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the marketing of race and culture, "Rethinking Commodification" presents an interdisciplinary collection of writings, including legal theory, case law, and original essays to re-examine the question: "To commodify or not to commodify?"
Trade Review"A superb collection of classic and contemporary readings on commodification theory, including the latest, most advanced theorizing on this subject. It is a must-read." -- Elizabeth Anderson,Philosophy, University of Michigan
"A magnificent collection. The subject is profound and complex, the text gripping, lively, and thoroughly enjoyable to read." -- Sylvia A. Law,NYU Law School
"As someone who helped to draw attention to the subject of commodification more than two decades ago, I believe that commodification is, if anything, more important today than it has ever been. We must ask ourselves: Are there some things that money can't buy? Who is advantaged and who disadvantaged by desperate market exchanges? This indispensable collection of old and new thoughts on commodification will help us as we struggle towards answering these questions." -- Margaret Jane Radin,Stanford Law School
"Commodification is on net a great source for good in the world. But the seminal essays in Rethinking Commodification show that the serious questions about alienability are much more than concerns about hypothetical contracts for babies or self-indenture." -- Ian Ayres,author of Insincere Promises
"Rethinking Commodification includes several classic texts of commodification theory that familiarize readers with the traditional debate. The work then offers new insights into the issue, with two dozen articles, appellate court opinions, and essays. Taken together, this book comprises an intellecutal mosaic that moves the discussion beyond the early, on-off question of whether or not to commodify." * Metapsychology Online *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface: Freedom, Equality, and the Many Futures of Commodi?cation Martha M. Ertman and Joan C. WilliamsIntroduction: The Subject and Object of Commodi?cation Margaret Jane Radin and Madhavi SunderPart I Classic Texts of Commodi?cation TheoryA. De?nitions: Commodity and Commodi?cationB. Contested Commodities: Babies/Parental Rights and ObligationsC. Defaulting to Freedom or to Equality: Treating Some Things as InalienableD. Distinguishing between Exchanges and GiftsE. Commodi?cation and CommunityPart II New Voices on Commodi?cation TheoryA. Commodifying Intellectual and Cultural PropertyB. Commodifying IdentitiesC. Commodifying Intimacies1. Commodifying Sex2. Commodifying Care3. Commodifying Family Relations4. Commodifying Bodies and Body PartsD. Retheorizing CommodificationAfterword: Whither Commodi?cation? Carol M. RoseAbout the Contributors Index
