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Author:

Sharp, Lesley Alexandra.

Title:

Strange harvest : organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self / Lesley A. Sharp.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiv, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Social aspects--United States.
Medical anthropology--United States.
Ethnology--United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States.
Death--United States.
Mourning customs--United States.
Memorials--United States.
Kinship--United States.
Organ Transplantation--United States.
Anthropology, Cultural--United States.
Attitude to Death--United States
Funeral Rites--United States.
Tissue and Organ Procurement--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-298) and index.

Contents:

We are the dead men -- Memory work -- Public encounters as subversive acts -- Human hybridity.

ISBN:

9780520247864 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520247868 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520247840 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520247841 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62282288

LCCN:

2005032838

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)