Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South

Transnational Inequalities and Development Challenges

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Political Science
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Author: Firouzeh Nahavandi ISBN: 9781137505842
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: May 11, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: Firouzeh Nahavandi
ISBN: 9781137505842
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: May 11, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

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 considered a new and additional form of appropriation and extraction of resources from the Global South. What are the commonalities between hair trade, surrogacy, kidney sale and attraction of brains? The author argues that these all characterize a world where increasingly everything can be traded or is considered to be tradeable. A world where, similar to any other goods, body parts have entered the global market either legally or illegally. Through a series of multidisciplinary comparative studies, the book explores how forms commodification of the human body are fuelled by issues of poverty in the Global South, and inequality in transnational relations.                                                    

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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 considered a new and additional form of appropriation and extraction of resources from the Global South. What are the commonalities between hair trade, surrogacy, kidney sale and attraction of brains? The author argues that these all characterize a world where increasingly everything can be traded or is considered to be tradeable. A world where, similar to any other goods, body parts have entered the global market either legally or illegally. Through a series of multidisciplinary comparative studies, the book explores how forms commodification of the human body are fuelled by issues of poverty in the Global South, and inequality in transnational relations.                                                    

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