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Body Commodification

Body Commodification is the systematic reduction of human corporeality to an exchangeable economic entity, wherein bodily attributes, functions, or representations are transformed into marketable goods or capitalizable resources within socio-economic and cultural systems.

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Publications

1.6K

Citations

33

Authors

21

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Commodification Of The Body

Parents

Publications

21

The Commodification of the Body and its Parts

Lesley A. Sharp · Annual Review of Anthropology · 2000 · 513 citations

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Consuming Health: The Commodification of Health Care

Saras Henderson, Alan Petersen · Health & Social Care in the Community · 2002 · 237 citations

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Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History

Sander L. Gilman, Jane Caplan · The American Historical Review · 2001 · 157 citations

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Bodies for Sale – Whole or in Parts

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes · Body & Society · 2001 · 134 citations

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Contested Commodities at Both Ends of Life: Buying and Selling Gametes, Embryos, and Body Tissues

Suzanne Holland · Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal · 2001 · 103 citations

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Authors

33

  1. SH
    Suzanne Holland

    University of Puget Sound, United States

    1 publications · 103 citations

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  2. MJ
    Madeleine J. Murtagh

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  3. SR
    Sharon R. Bradley-Munn

    University of Wollongong, Australia

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. LA
    Lesley A. Sharp

    Barnard College, United States

    1 publications · 513 citations

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  5. AR
    Andrew Russell

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

21

  1. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    133 citations

  2. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    157 citations

  4. William Carey University

    Hattiesburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Barnard College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    513 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

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Venues

  1. Body & Society

    2 publications · 198 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Annual Review of Anthropology

    1 publications · 513 citations

    1

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  4. Health & Social Care in the Community

    1 publications · 237 citations

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  5. Sport Education and Society

    1 publications · 36 citations

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