{"product_id":"social-bodies-9780857451545","title":"Social Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume asks what really happens to social relations in the face of new types of transaction  -  such as organ donation, forensic identification and other new medical and reproductive technologies - that involve the use of corporeal material. Drawing on comparative insights into how human biological material is treated...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eOverall, the volume is well written and free of unnecessary jargon. Accordingly, it would be very useful for graduate-level courses in medical anthropology, and well suited to sociocultural graduate courses…[It] provides important new theoretical insights on the body and embodiment for a wide readership, the books is an excellent choice for use in teaching.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedical Anthropology Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“Social Bodies\u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e most of its individual contributions are compelling, well written, and thought-provoking. One impressive feature of the book is its juxtaposition of anthropological sub-fields (and related fields) that conceptualize what bodies and their constituent parts are, do, and represent in radically different ways.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"...a tightly conceived and interlinked collection sampling some of the best work in contemporary anthropology on the body... \u003c\/i\u003eSocial Bodies\u003ci\u003e is short but rich. The editorial and chapters interrelate well. As a ‘whole’, it left me challenged by its ideas and ethnography.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Anthropology in Action\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHelen Lambert\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaryon McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Aged Bodies and Kinship Matters: The Ethical Field of Kidney Transplant\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSharon R. Kaufman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnn J. Russ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJanet K. Shim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Anatomizing Conflict – Accommodating Human Remains\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMaja Petrovic-Steger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e On the Treatment of Dead Enemies: Indigenous Human Remains in Britain in the Early Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eLaura Peers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a Critical Ötziography: Inventing Prehistoric Bodies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohn Robb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Bodies in Perspective: A Critique of the Embodiment Paradigm from the Point of View of Amazonian Ethnography\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAparecida Vilaça\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Using Bodies to Communicate\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Strathern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038903632215,"sku":"9780857451545","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857451545.jpg?v=1750941875","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-bodies-9780857451545","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}