Research Catalog

Title

Recovering the nation's body : cultural memory, medicine, and the politics of redemption / Linda F. Hogle.

Author

Hogle, Linda F., 1953-

Publication

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 1999.

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Description

xii, 242 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Allocation of organs, tissues, etc. > Germany > Public opinion
• Public opinion > Germany
• Allocation of organs, tissues, etc. > United States > Public opinion
• Public opinion > United States
• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > Germany
• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > United States
• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects > Germany
• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
• Public Opinion
• Transplantation
• Morals
• Ethics
• Germany
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Situating Medical Practices -- Pt. I. German Culture, History, and Boundaries of the Body. 2. Animation and Regeneration: The Meaning of Death and the Use of Body Materials in History. 3. Embodying National Identity: National Socialism and the Body. 4. Culture, Technology, and the Law Define the Body. 5. Bodies, Sciences, and the State in the New Germany -- Pt. II. Medical Practice and the Politics of Redemption. 6. Organizing the Procurement and Use of Human Materials. 7. Local Practice: Coordinators and Surgeons. 8. Converting Human Materials into Therapeutic Tools. 9. The Right Therapeutic Tools. 10. Conclusions: Medicine and the Politics of Redemption. App. Donation Rates and Public.

ISBN

• 0813526442 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0813526450 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98045601

OCLC

• 39951742
• ocm39951742
• SCSB-4059378

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries