Contents 
List of lllustrations 
Acknowledements 
INTRODUCTION: STRANGE HARVEST 
The Ideological Underpinnings of Organ Transfer 
Studying Transplantation in American Contexts 
WE ARE THE DEAD MEN: MIND OVER MATTER 
A Most Peculiar Death 
Reconstructing Donor Histories 
Body Economies 
MEMORY WORK: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REPRESENTATIONS 
OF SUFFERING, LOSS, AND REDEMPTION 
Recipient Suffering and Renewal 
Honoring the Dead in Safe, Public Places 
The Private Lives of Donor Kin 
PUBLIC ENCOUNTERS AS SUBVERSIVE ACTS 
Bureaucratic Constraints on Social Desire 
The Ties That Bind 
Claiming the Donor Body 
HUMAN HYBRIDITY: SCIENTIFIC LONGING 
AND THE DANGERS OF DIFFERENCE 
Dangerous Miracles 
Professional Desires to Cultivate Nature 
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