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

by Loic Wacquant (Author), Loic Wacquant (Author), Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $50.66

  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.