Strange harvest
Subtitle: organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self
By: Lesley A. Sharp.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States.; Medical anthropology -- United States.; Ethnology -- United States.; Organ Transplantation.; Tissue and Organ Procurement.; Anthropology, Cultural.; United States -- ethnology.
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: We are the dead men; title: Memory work; title: Public encounters as subversive acts; title: Human hybridity.