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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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Firouzeh Nahavandi is a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Brussels), and Director of the Research Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CECID). She has mainly written in French on development processes, and in particular on Islamic countries.
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Book Title: Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South
Book Subtitle: Transnational Inequalities and Development Challenges
Authors: Firouzeh Nahavandi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50584-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50583-5Published: 23 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50584-2Published: 11 May 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 134
Topics: Comparative Politics, Development and Social Change, Development Aid, Regional Development