Bibliograph

Property in the body, feminist perspectives, Donna Dickenson

Type

Label

Property in the body, feminist perspectives, Donna Dickenson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Property in the body

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

772458633

Responsibility statement

Donna Dickenson

Series statement

Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics, 3Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

feminist perspectives

Summary

New developments in biotechnology radically alter our relationship with our bodies. Body tissues can now be used for commercial purposes, while external objects, such as pacemakers, can become part of the body. Property in the Body: Feminist Perspectives transcends the everyday responses to such developments, suggesting that what we most fear is the feminisation of the body. We fear our bodies are becoming objects of property, turning us into things rather than persons. This book evaluates how well-grounded this fear is, and suggests innovative models of regulating what has been called 'the new Gold Rush' in human tissue. This is an up-to-date and wide-ranging synthesis of market developments in body tissue, bringing together bioethics, feminist theory and lessons from countries that have resisted commercialisation of the body, in a theoretically sophisticated and practically significant approach.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Do we all have 'feminised' bodies now? -- Property, objectification, and commodification -- The lady vanishes: what's missing from the stem cell debate -- Umbilical cord blood banks: seizing surplus value -- The gender politics of genetic patenting -- Biobanks: consent, commercialisation, and charitable trusts -- The new French resistance: commodification rejected? -- Tonga, the genetic commons and no man's land

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