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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1063-1119
- eISSN
- 1568-5306
- DOI
- 10.1163/156853098X00186
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article addresses some of the ways in which the development of xenotransplantation, the use of nonhuman animals as organ donors, are presented in media accounts. Although xenotransplantation raises many ethical and philosophical questions, media coverage typically minimizes these. At issue are widespread public concerns about the transgression of species boundaries, particularly those between humans and other animals. We consider how these are constructed in media narratives, and how those narratives, in turn, rely on particular scientific discourses that posit species boundary crossing as unproblematic.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Journal
Society & Animals – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1998