Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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| Author(s) | Mary Roach |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Science, Death |
| Genre(s) | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 0-393324-82-6 |
| OCLC Number | 55230887 |
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers is a 2003 non-fiction work by Mary Roach. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, it details the unique scientific contributions of the deceased. It was a New York Times bestseller and has received numerous recognitions, such as the Elle Reader's Prize and Amazon.com's list of Editor's Picks for Top 50 Books of 2003.[1]
In the book, Roach gives firsthand accounts of cadavers, a history of the use of cadavers, and an exploration of the surrounding ethical/moral issues. She places each chapter's content into a historical context by discussing the history of the method of using a cadaver she is about to witness.
The book is shown briefly in the HBO television series Six Feet Under in the season 4 episode "Can I Come Up Now?".
In a 2008 interview, actress Mena Suvari spoke highly of the book.[2]
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The book covers 12 topics:
- Practicing cosmetic surgery on cadaver heads
- Body snatching and the early years of human dissection
- The nature of decomposition
- Cadavers for use as crash test dummies
- Using cadavers to analyze a crash site
- Army tests on cadavers
- Crucifixion experiments
- Beating heart cadavers, the soul, and being buried alive
- Decapitation and human head transplant
- Cannibalism in the name of medicine
- New alternatives to burial and cremation
- The author's views on her own remains
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- ^ http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=509464
- ^ FearNet interview, "We Get 'Stuck' With Mena Suvari", May 23, 2008
