Strange harvest: organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self
2007; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 44; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.44-3907
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Organ Donation and Transplantation
ResumoList of Illustrations Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION: STRANGE HARVEST The Ideological Underpinnings of Organ Transfer Studying Transplantation in American Contexts 1. WE ARE THE DEAD MEN: MIND OVER MATTER A Most Peculiar Death Reconstructing Donor Histories Body Economies 2. MEMORY WORK: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REPRESENTATIONS OF SUFFERING, LOSS, AND REDEMPTION Recipient Suffering and Renewal Honoring the Dead in Safe, Public Places The Private Lives of Donor Kin 3. PUBLIC ENCOUNTERS AS SUBVERSIVE ACTS Bureaucratic Constraints on Social Desire The Ties That Bind Claiming the Donor Body 4. HUMAN HYBRIDITY: SCIENTIFIC LONGING AND THE DANGERS OF DIFFERENCE Dangerous Miracles Professional Desires to Cultivate Nature Denatured Bodies and Transformed Selves Nature's Body EPILOGUE Notes Glossary References Index
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