Anonymous ID: 563eb6 June 25, 2021, 8:57 a.m. No.13980887   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>13980795

think food.

eating the most nutrient dense resources is not unusual.

 

slaves eat feet, ass, entrails, legs

lower/lesser parts

 

initiates eat brains, reproductive glands, eggs, balls, endocrine secretions, plasma, etc

higher/nutrient dense parts

Anonymous ID: 563eb6 June 25, 2021, 9:07 a.m. No.13980943   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0962

>>13980916

>>13980880

 

Body Brokers: Inside America's Underground Trade in Human Remains Paperback – March 13, 2007

by Annie Cheney (Author)

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Horrifying! Annie Cheney’s account is meticulously reported and compellingly written. She uses details to anchor scenes visually and then pushes the reader to visualize the entrepreneurial manipulation of corpses—their dismemberment, sale and use—as both gruesome and matter-of-fact. She backs up her narrative with research into history, literature and crime.”

 

—Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Featuring Reporting Award, judges’ citation

From the Back Cover

Every year some 30 percent of American corpses are cremated. And as journalist Annie Cheney discovered, no one keeps track of them before they reach their final destination. While the government has tight controls on organs and tissue meant for transplantation, there are myriad other uses for cadavers that receive no oversight whatsoever: parts are used in commercial seminars to introduce new medical gadgetry; torsos are used for stomach-stapling surgery practice; bodies are bought by the U.S. Army for land-mine explosion tests. A single corpse can generate up to $100,000.

Dead bodies, it turns out, are a billion-dollar business. And, as Cheney found, when there's that much money to be made without regulation, there are all sorts of shady (and fascinating) characters employing questionable practices–deception, distraction, and outright theft. Body parts are shipped via FedEx or driven cross-country packed in garden-variety coolers, and the deceased's families are usually entirely unaware. A favorite aunt has donated her body to help train med students at a university, but the school's boom in corpses, paired with budget problems, lead to her sale to a body broker. The cremated remains her family receives may be only a portion of her body, or not her body at all.

Gripping, chilling, and sure to spur media coverage," Body Brokers will make you look at death, and the family-run funeral home down the road, in a whole new way.

About the Author

ANNIE CHENEY’s magazine work has appeared in Harper’s and My Generation. Her Harper’s article that is the basis of this book was awarded the 2005 Deadline Club Award for Best Feature Reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists. She has also contributed stories to numerous public radio shows, including NPR’s All Things Considered. Cheney lives in New York City.