Global Dialogues 2: Truth & Fiction

“Real Human Bodies!”

Bodies The Exhibition official site: http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/ – promotional videos (in 2 parts ~ 10 minutes total). You may also want to explore other parts of the site – the process, the history, etc. or just click through to see the fascinating pictures.

NYT David Barboza “China Turns Out Mummified Bodies for Displays” August 8, 2006 http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/worldbusiness/08bodies.html

ABC News:

20/20 Exclusive: “Secret Trade in Chinese Bodies: Body Exhibit Inventor Says He's Stopped Using Bodies From China Because Some of Them May Be Those of Executed Prisoners” By BRIAN ROSS, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and ANNA SCHECTER Feb. 14, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4291334

Slideshow: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=4277228

ABC follow ups:

Chinese Human Rights Activist Raises Serious Questions About Bodies Exhibitions” By ANNA SCHECTER Feb. 15, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4296699&page=1

“Crackdown on Ghoulish 'Body Exhibitions' New York AG Says Company Profited From Individuals That May Have Been Tortured or Executed in China” By RICHARD ESPOSITO and ANNA SCHECTER May 29, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4950595

Thomas S. Hibbs, "Dead Body Porn," The New Atlantis, Number 15, Winter 2007, pp. 128- 131.http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/dead-body-porn