ISBN:
9780520247864
,
9780520247840
,
0520247841
,
0520247868
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 307 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Strange Harvest : Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self
DDC:
306.4/61
Keywords:
Memorials
;
Death
;
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc Social aspects
;
Mourning customs
;
Medical anthropology
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies
;
Ethnology
;
Kinship
Abstract:
Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study, anthropologist Lesley Sharp explores how these parties think about death, loss, and mourning, especially in light of medical taboos surrounding donor anonymity. As Sharp argues, new forms of embodied intimacy arise in response, and the riveting insights gleaned from her interviews, observations, and d
Description / Table of Contents:
0-520-24786-8-frontcover.pdf; 0-520-24786-8-text.pdf; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Strange Harvest; 1 We Are the Dead Men: Mind over Matter; 2 Memory Work: Public and Private Representations of Suffering,Loss, and Redemption; 3 Public Encounters as Subversive Acts; 4 Human Hybridity: Scientific Longing and the Dangers of Difference; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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