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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sharp, Lesley Alexandra.

Strange harvest : organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self / Lesley A. Sharp.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24784-0 (cloth : alk. paper); ISBN-10: 0-52024784-1 (cloth : alk. paper) - ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24786-4 (pbk.: alk. paper); ISBN-10: 0-520-24786-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.—Social aspects—United States. 2. Medical anthropology—United States. 3. Ethnology—United States. 4. Funeral rites and ceremonies—United States. 5. Death—United States. 6. Mourning customs—United States. 7. Memorials—United States. 8. Kinship—United States. I. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Organ Transplantation. 2. Tissue and Organ Procurement. 3. Attitude to Death. 4. Funeral Rites.

5. Anthropology, Cultural. wo 660 S531s 2006]

RD120.7.S49 2006

306.4'1—dc22

2005032838

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