Commodifying Bodies |
|
| Editor:
| Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
Wacquant, Loïc |
| Series title: | Theory, Culture and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-4033-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $387.00 |
Book Description:
|
With rapid developments in reproductive medicine, transplant ethics and bioethics, a new `ethic of parts′ has emerged in which the body is increasingly seen as a commodity which can be bartered, sold or stolen. This book combines perspectives from anthropology and sociology to offer compelling new readings of the body.
With rapid developments in reproductive medicine, transplant ethics and bioethics, a new `ethic of parts′ has emerged in which the body is increasingly seen as a commodity which can be bartered, sold or stolen. This book combines perspectives from anthropology and sociology to offer compelling new readings of the body.