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Technologies of the Human Corpse Vanessa Friedman arguing that rather than aOne of our greatest thinkers on death presents a radical new approach to thinking about dying and the human corpse (Caitlin Doughty, mortician and bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes). A fascinating exploration of the relationship between technology and the human corpse throughout historyfrom 19th century embalming machines to 21st century death prevention technologies. Death and the dead body have never been more alive in the public