Commodifying Bodies Stacey L. Joyner It introduces students and researchers

It introduces students and researchers to the wide range of cross-disciplinary methods which help us to approach and interpret material culture and materials

in which a woman - through in-vitro fertilization using the sperm and egg of intended parents or donors - carries a pregnancy for intended parents of a different race

In unraveling the mural's sources

It has come to epitomize lawlessness and has sparked protracted legal battles and political debate

Robert Reid-Pharr reveals the deep history of intellectual engagement between African America and Spain

Commodifying Bodies Stacey L. Joyner It introduces students and researchersWith rapid developments in reproductive medicine, transplant ethics and bio ethics, a new 'ethic of parts' has emerged in which the body is increasingly seen as a commodity which can be bartered, sold or stolen, either wholesale or in divisible parts. Commodifying Bodies combines perspectives from anthropology and sociology to offer compelling new readings of the body, ranging from discussions on the proper disposal of dead bodies, to sperm banks and