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This book proposes the introduction of a development-related perspective to scholarly critique of the human body’s commodification. Nahavandi contends that the commodification of human body parts reflects a modern form of such well-known historical phenomena as slavery and colonization, and can be considered a new and additional form of appropriation and extraction of resources from the Global South. What are the commonalities between hair trade, surrogacy, kidney sale and attraction of brains? The author argues that these all characterize a world where increasingly everything can be traded or is considered to be tradeable. A world where, similar to any other goods, body parts have entered the global market either legally or illegally. Through a series of multidisciplinary comparative studies, the book explores how forms commodification of the human body are fuelled by issues of poverty in the Global South, and inequality in transnational relations. .

Human body --- Sale of organs, tissues, etc. --- Surrogate motherhood. --- Organ donors --- Corps humain --- Vente d'organes, de tissus, etc. --- Mères porteuses --- Donneurs d'organes --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Aspect moral --- Developing countries --- Developed countries --- Pays en développement --- Pays industrialisés --- Commerce --- Foreign economic relations. --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Political science. --- Comparative politics. --- Economic development. --- Social change. --- Poverty. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Comparative Politics. --- Development and Social Change. --- Poverty, Aid and Development. --- Regional Development. --- Mères porteuses --- Pays en développement --- Pays industrialisés --- Relations économiques extérieures --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Selling of organs, tissues, etc. --- Tissues --- Sale of --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Development Aid.