{"product_id":"visceral-prostheses-9781350224940","title":"Visceral Prostheses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the postmodern era, when the interface of bodies, biologies and technologies increasingly challenges the very notion of what counts as human, this open access book proposes new understandings of the limits and possible extensions of posthuman embodiment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Focusing on prostheses, Margrit Shildrick broadens our understanding of both what prostheses are and what they might mean for human embodiment. As well as rehabilitation devices used by disabled people to replace or augment impaired parts of the body, Shildrick introduces visceral organic prostheses, which involve any cellular material that cannot be identified with the self, from organ transplantation to the physiological processes of microchimerism and the microbiome. Beyond origin narratives that concentrate on host' and guest' and self' and other', she examines the transformative possibilities that prostheses offer as they extend the nature of the embodied self beyond genetic singularity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Building on cutting-e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargrit Shildrick is an important and original thinker whose work brilliantly brings together bioethics, feminist and queer theories, and critical disability studies. In \u003ci\u003eVisceral Prostheses\u003c\/i\u003e, Shildrick extends her thinking on posthuman embodiment into new territories, including the microbiome and microchimerism. Her analyses of various case studies of prostheses as both external and internal to corporeality takes feminist thought in new directions. * Lisa Diedrich, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stony Brook University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating reconceptualization of the notion of prosthesis through the lens of critical disability studies that views a range of contemporary medical interventions involving live but non-self materials as \u003ci\u003evisceral prostheses\u003c\/i\u003e requiring a reconceptualization of the human body as open to creative expansion. To frame stem cell transplants, heart and liver transplants, or even fecal transplants as prosthetics is reframes our conventional understanding of prosthetics as remedying a lack. Instead, these are all seen as journeys into a new realm of problematized and extended selfhood. For those engaged in critical disability studies, this reconfiguration of prosthesis is exciting.  And for scholars engaged in studying biomedical innovations, the foundational role played by critical disability studies in this analysis of new biomedical strategies promises to reorient medicine in productive ways. * Susan M. Squier, Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Penn State University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e    Introduction    \u003cb\u003ePart 1: From Mechanical To Visceral Prostheses\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 1: Disability  Chapter 2: Organ And Tissue Transplantation  Chapter 3: Microchimerism And The Microbiome    \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Some Case Studies\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 4: Dementia  Chapter 5: Stem Cell Transplant  Chapter 6: Surrogacy    \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Towards Posthuman Embodiment\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 7: Life And Death  Chapter 8: The Ethics Of A New Imaginary    Conclusion    \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084835975511,"sku":"9781350224940","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350224940.jpg?v=1762207307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visceral-prostheses-9781350224940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}