Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America PDF
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Banking on the Body Banking on the Body THE MARKET IN BLOOD, MILK, AND SPERM IN MODERN AMERICA Kara W. Swanson Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, En gland 2014 Copyright © 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Cataloging- in- Publication Data available from the Library of Congress ISBN: 978- 0- 674- 28143- 1 (alk. paper) To Wati, my sine qua non Contents Introduction: Banking for Love and for Money 1 1. Bankable Bodies and the Professional Donor 15 2. Banks Th at Take Donations 49 3. Blood Battles in the Cold War 84 4. Market Backlash 120 5. Feminine Banks and the Milk of Human Kindness 159 6. Buying Dad from the Sperm Bank 198 Conclusion: Beyond the Body Bank 238 Notes 255 Ac know ledg ments 321 Index 325 Banking on the Body
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