Bøger af Catherine Waldby

Catherine Waldby trace how the history of the valuing of human oocytes-the reproductive cells specific to women-intersects with the biological and social life of women.

Forms of embodied labor, such as surrogacy and participation in clinical trials, are central to biomedical innovation, but they are rarely considered as labor. This book examines the rapidly expanding transnational labor markets surrounding assisted reproduction and experimental drug trials.

An investigation of the three-dimensional recordings of real human bodies - dissected, photographed and converted into visual data files - by the US National Library of Medicine in Baltimore. The author uses ideas from cultural studies and science studies to contextualize the visible human project.

Surveys the economies of exchange in human blood, tissues, and organs. This book compares tissue economies in the United Kingdom and United States. It features a series of case studies based on particular forms of tissue exchange and also considers the impact of different models of biotechnology patents on tissue economies.

This study draws on feminist theory, cultural studies, the philosophy of science, and gay and lesbian studies to problematize the factual scientific discourse about AIDS, and interpret it as a political discourse.