Transplant Fictions: A Cultural Study of Organ Exchange

by Emily Russell

Book Overview

1. Introduction.- 2. Corpse to Cadaver: From Body Snatching to Body Worlds.- 3. Making the Lifelike Corpse.- 4. Mortal Signs: Transplantation and the Invention of Brain Death.- 5. "The Gift of Life" Sentiment and the Family.- 6. Murdering Hands and Mad Doctors: The Horrors of Organ Exchange.- 7. Kidneyville: Organ Exchange at the Margins.- 8. Conclusion: Speculative Medicine, Speculative Fictions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030121372
• ISBN13: 9783030121372
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"