Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South Transnational Inequalities and Development Challenges

Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South Transnational Inequalities and Development Challenges / by Firouzeh Nahavandi.

This book proposes the introduction of a development-related perspective to scholarly critique of the human body’s commodification. Nahavandi contends that the commodification of human body parts reflects a modern form of such well-known historical phenomena as slavery and colonization, and can be c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nahavandi, Firouzeh (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Comparative politics.
Economic development.
Social change.
Poverty.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Commodification of the Human Body Parts
  • Chapter 2: Transnational Hair Trade
  • Chapter 3: Transnational Surrogacy
  • Chapter 4: Transnational Kidney Transplant
  • Chapter 5: Transnational Attraction of Brains
  • Chapter 6: The Commodification of the Human Body Parts in a Development-Related Perspective
  • Ending Remarks .

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