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Dead Bodies Matter: Gift Giving and the Unveiling of Body Donor Monuments in the Netherlands

Bolt, Sophie·2012·Medical Anthropology Quarterly
DOI 10.1111/maq.12010
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Body donors are people who voluntarily donate their entire body, after death, to anatomical science. Based on anthropological fieldwork in the Netherlands this article explores the construction of body donor monuments since 2007. These developments are analyzed by means of gift‐giving theories. Body donation is a practice in which the medical and scientific value of the donor bodies has always been praised. Increasingly the fact that the bodies represent real human beings who have mourning relatives has also been acknowledged. This change in attitude has resulted in a desire on the part of anatomical professionals to give back a monument, not only for the donors themselves but also, in particular, for the donors’ relatives. The great public interest in the monuments has revealed that many of the bereaved, in the absence of having the physical body of the donor, need a symbolic final resting place for their loved ones.

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Authors
Bolt, S.
Affiliations
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Bolt, Sophie
ORCID
Bolt, Sophie
Venue
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-12
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
613-634
ISSN
  • 0745-5194 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-1387
DOI
10.1111/maq.12010
OpenAlex
W2148227679
Cited by
20
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
1.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 12 d)
Locations
  • Medical Anthropology Quarterly (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Keywords
body donation, gift-giving, anatomical sciences, bereaved families, mourning, commemoration, human remains, Netherlands
MeSH terms
Bereavement, Cadaver, Humans, Netherlands, Sculpture, Tissue Donors, Human Body, Biomedical Research, Gift Giving, Anthropology, Medical

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