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Strange harvest : organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self /

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, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • We are the dead men
  • Memory work
  • Public encounters as subversive acts
  • Human hybridity.