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Anthro 205 1st Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last LectureI. Types of Citizenshipa) Birthb) NaturalizationII. Rights of citizens vs. non-citizensIII. Fear of social citizenshipIV. ReproductionV. Race immigration and fertilityVI. Sterilization of Latino womenVII. Population explosionOutline of Current LectureI. Nation Statea. Nationb. StateII. Reproductiona. In the Italian cultureb. LawsIII. Organ DonationThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Nancy Scheper-Hughesb. Commodity Fetishismc. Marx Viewd. Nancy’s InterpretationCurrent LectureEmbodied Inequalities- Nation State:o Nation: A community understood to be on shared and relatively homogenous cultural/ethic identity.o State: A politically organized community and territoryo Nation State: Idea that nation and state should coincideOBS: “Nation” is from the Latin root “natio,” meaning to be born, which underscores the importance of reproduction.“The human body has long been a metaphor for the nation.”- The dimension of reproduction is more than just numbers. - Law that restricts fertility alternatives in Italy even though there are in a reproductive crisis. Why would this happen?o Reproduction in the Italian culture is about: the idea of the ideal family, the relationship between the body and nation/boundaries/reproduction.o Donor gametes are illegal, frozen embryos are illegal, only married heterosexual couples could have babies.o According to Italian Culture, using these alternatives confused the lineage of the family, and introduced an “alien” to the family.- Organ Donation:o Even when migrants are in the nation and part of it on paper, the population does not consider them citizens.o Organ donation and black market- Nancy Scheper-Hughes: very controversial person in anthropology-very straight forwardo Organs in the black market usually come from people that don’t have many choices, who areforced to donate, or tricked to donate, or make a contract to donate and receive money. Usually done by people with no health care, education and usually from poor backgrounds.o There are health and social consequenceso From the Poor to the Rich.- Who deserves to get organs?- Commodity Fetishism: Organs as commodities in global capitalism.- Marx perspective of Commodity Fetishism: We disconnect the value of the object from the human labor put into the production of such object.o Nancy argues that organs are treated in the same


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