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16 produkter
Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies
Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer
Inbunden, 2006
891 kr
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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, …
Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies
Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer
Häftad, 2008
219 kr
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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, …
Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies
Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer
E-bok, 2006
328 kr
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In the United States today, the human body defines a lucrative site of reusable parts, ranging from whole organs to minuscule and even microscopic tissues. Although the medical practices that enable the transfer of parts from one body to another most certainly relieve suffering and extend lives, …
Possessed and the Dispossessed
Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town
Häftad, 1994
428 kr
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This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group heretofore seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in …
Sacrificed Generation
Youth, History, and the Colonized Mind in Madagascar
Häftad, 2002
457 kr
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Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but schoolchildren. Lesley …
Strange Harvest
Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self
Häftad, 2006
443 kr
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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, …
Transplant Imaginary
Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science
Inbunden, 2013
823 kr
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In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for …
Transplant Imaginary
Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science
Häftad, 2013
371 kr
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In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for …
Animal Ethos
The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science
Inbunden, 2018
823 kr
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What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and …
Animal Ethos
The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science
Häftad, 2018
307 kr
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What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and …
Possessed and the Dispossessed
Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town
E-bok, 1994
492 kr
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This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group heretofore seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in …
Sacrificed Generation
Youth, History, and the Colonized Mind in Madagascar
E-bok, 2002
553 kr
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Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but schoolchildren. Lesley …
Strange Harvest
Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self
E-bok, 2006
524 kr
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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, …
Transplant Imaginary
Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science
E-bok, 2013
446 kr
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In The Transplant Imaginary , author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for …
Animal Ethos
The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science
E-bok, 2018
520 kr
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What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and …
Bioinsecurity and Vulnerability
Av Nancy N. Chen, Lesley A. Sharp
Häftad, 2014
442 kr
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Life today is rife with rapid-fire “high alert” responses, a proliferating trend that is especially pronounced in the United States (though most certainly felt elsewhere as well), where past catastrophes shape expanding perceptions of imminent danger. September 11, 2001 looms as an inescapable …
