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
Main Author: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2006.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pn8cm
Table of Contents:
  • We are the dead men
  • Memory work
  • Public encounters as subversive acts
  • Human hybridity.