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Remaking Life & Death
. Ed(S): Franklin, Sarah; Lock, Margaret M.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Franklin, Sarah; Lock, Margaret M. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 454.
The boundaries of life now occupy a place of central concern among biological anthropologists. Because of the centrality of the modern biological definition of life to Euro-American medicine and anthropology, the definition of life itself and its contestation exemplify competing uses of knowledge. On the one hand, "life" and "death" may be redefined as partial or contingent ("brain death"), or reconstituted altogether ("virtual" or "artificial life"). On the other hand, the finality and "reality" of death resists such classifications. This volume reflects a growing international concern about issues such as organ transplantation, new reproductive and genetic technologies and embryo research, ... Read more
The boundaries of life now occupy a place of central concern among biological anthropologists. Because of the centrality of the modern biological definition of life to Euro-American medicine and anthropology, the definition of life itself and its contestation exemplify competing uses of knowledge. On the one hand, "life" and "death" may be redefined as partial or contingent ("brain death"), or reconstituted altogether ("virtual" or "artificial life"). On the other hand, the finality and "reality" of death resists such classifications. This volume reflects a growing international concern about issues such as organ transplantation, new reproductive and genetic technologies and embryo research, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781930618206
SKU
V9781930618206
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