Bibliograph

Strange harvest, organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self, Lesley A. Sharp

Type

Label

Strange harvest, organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self, Lesley A. Sharp

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strange harvest

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62282288

Responsibility statement

Lesley A. Sharp

Sub title

organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self

Summary

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. This ethnographic study explores how these parties think about death, loss, and mourning

Table Of Contents

We are the dead men -- Memory work -- Public encounters as subversive acts -- Human hybridity

Classification