Capitalism's new handmaiden : the biotechnical world negotiated through children's fiction Sawers, Naarah 2009, Capitalism's new handmaiden : the biotechnical world negotiated through children's fiction, Children's literature in education, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 169-179, doi: 10.1007/s10583-009-9088-x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Capitalism's new handmaiden : the biotechnical world negotiated through children's fiction Author(s) Sawers, Naarah Journal name Children's literature in education Volume number 40 Issue number 3 Start page 169 End page 179 Total pages 11 Publisher Springer Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2009-08 ISSN 0045-6713 1573-1693 Keyword(s) Bioethics Subjectivity Agency Posthuman Autonomy Affectivity Organ transplantation Summary In an era when the merger between capitalism and science becomes an accepted norm, new questions need to be asked about the ethical implications of scientific practices. One such practice is organ transplantation. However, potent debates surround the just distribution and ethical implications of organ transplantation. This paper examines the ways in which children are socialised through children’s literature to accept or challenge the dominant ideologies underpinning organ transplantation. It argues that how subjectivity is constructed informs understandings of agency, and this in turn can deliver new approaches to concerns about scientific practices. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10583-009-9088-x Field of Research 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30018422 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 14:37:13 EST Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 14:46:57 EST Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 11:57:34 EST Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 11:58:53 EST Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 12:00:12 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2012, 13:32:09 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:27:48 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:52:53 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:28:36 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 627 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 14:37:10 EST by Josephine Wee