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1 online resource (xiv, 307 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index. |
| Contents |
We are the dead men -- Memory work -- Public encounters as subversive acts -- Human hybridity. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Medical anthropology -- United States.
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Medical anthropology. |
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Ethnology -- United States.
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Ethnology. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Death -- United States.
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Death. |
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Mourning customs -- United States.
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Mourning customs. |
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Memorials -- United States.
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Memorials. |
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Kinship -- United States.
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Kinship. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra. Strange harvest. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520247841 0520247868 (DLC) 2005032838 (OCoLC)62282288 |
| ISBN |
9780520939615 (electronic book) |
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0520939611 (electronic book) |
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1429419156 (electronic book) |
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9781429419154 (electronic book) |
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1601295308 (electronic book) |
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9781601295309 (electronic book) |
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0520247841 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520247868 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520247840 |
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9780520247864 |
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