Issue 300 / April 1998
The world made flesh
Vanessa Baird
looks at the body and sees the world.
Invitation
The joys of being fat. A poem by Grace Nichols.
My body
Disabled and pregnant, Micheline Mason took control. She tells her story.
The new cannibalism
A shocking report on the international traffic in human organs, from Nancy Scheper-Hughes.
The genetics of blame
Homelessness, alcoholism, poverty - it's all to do with the body you've got, some scientists are trying to prove. Steven Rose examines their claims.
Whatever I feel...
How sure can you be of your gender? The line between the sexes is fuzzier than you think, says Zachary I Nataf.
Sacred and profane bodies
As a zone of self expression the body can be rich and bizarre.
Of human bondage
Jeremy Seabrook looks at the bodies for sale in the global market place.
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Letters MAGAZINE DESIGNED BY IAN NIXON.
Letter from Colombia
Update
The NI Interview with Martin Khor
Reviews: plus John Akomfrah classic
NI Crossword
Endpiece: by Steve Eckardt
Country profile: Macedonia
FRONT COVER BY MICHELLE LOUISE DIANN DRY.
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