Transplant Fictions

Transplant Fictions
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9783030121358
ISBN-13 : 3030121356
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Book Synopsis Transplant Fictions by : Emily Russell

Download or read book Transplant Fictions written by Emily Russell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Removing an organ from one (typically dead) body and placing it in another living body challenges our most foundational ideas about boundaries between self and other, individual and social identity, life and death, health and illness. But despite these transgressions, organ transplant is a celebrated and relatively common procedure. Transplant Fictions brings together a diverse set of cultural representations to understand how we have overcome the profound ideological violations represented by organ exchange in order to reimagine the concept and practice as technological and moral victories. From the plots of horror stories and sci-fi novels to sentimental romances and feel-good media reports of stranger donation, this cultural study offers a nuanced portrait of the conceptual journey of organ exchange from strange and terrible to the “gift of life.”


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