The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science /
Lesley A. Sharp.
- 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moral Neutrality in Experimental Science -- 1. The Reconfigured Body of the Transplant Imaginary -- 2. Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: The Promises of Interspecies Proximity -- 3. Artificial Life: Perfecting the Mechanical Heart -- 4. Temporality and Social Desire in Anticipatory Science -- Conclusion: The Moral Parameters of Virtuous Science -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Ethnology--United States. Medical anthropology--United States. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Social aspects--United States.