Commodifying Bodies (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)

By Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Scheper-Hughes Nancy, WACQUANT LOIC

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761940332
• ISBN13: 9780761940333
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"