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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Commodification of the body, in Economic Sociology

The November 2009 issue of Economic Sociology, The European Electronic Newsletter, is largely devoted to discussion of "commodification of the body." Here are the articles, which concern cadavers, organs for transplantation, blood, and eggs and sperm.

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name by Michel Anteby

The Tyranny and the Terror of the Gift by Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Honestly Embracing Markets in Human Organs for Transplantation by Mark J. Cherry

Between Gift and Commodity: Blood Products in France by Sophie Chauveau

Debt and Gratitude by Lea Karpel
Posted by Al Roth at 2:56 AM
Labels: cadavers, compensation for donors, repugnance, transplantation

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