Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 307 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520939615
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0520939611
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1429419156
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9781429419154
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1601295308
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9781601295309
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index
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We are the dead men -- Memory work -- Public encounters as subversive acts -- Human hybridity.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520247841
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520247868
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sharp, Lesley Alexandra Strange harvest Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 ISBN 0520247841
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520247868
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
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