Publications
2025
Disability, digital technologies and the ambivalent allure of posthumanist/transhumanist futures.
Shildrick, M. (2025). Disability, digital technologies and the ambivalent allure of posthumanist/transhumanist futures.. Medical humanities, 50(4), 685-693. doi:10.1136/medhum-2024-013020
2024
The Temporalities and Spatialities of Death, Dying, and Heart Donation
Shildrick, M. (n.d.). The Temporalities and Spatialities of Death, Dying, and Heart Donation. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, 10(1). doi:10.28968/cftt.v10i1.41797
Beyond Bodily Integrity
Shildrick, M. (n.d.). Beyond Bodily Integrity. De Ethica, 8(1), 42-58. doi:10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.248142
2023
Splitting the Difference: Adventures in the Anatomy and Embodiment of Women
Shildrick, M., & Price, J. (2023). Splitting the Difference: Adventures in the Anatomy and Embodiment of Women. In Stirring It (pp. 156-179). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003462149-16
Get a Life!
Shildrick, M. (2023). Get a Life!. Cultural Politics, 19(2), 288-290. doi:10.1215/17432197-10434461
Robotic technologies, touch and posthuman embodiment in queer dementia care
Shildrick, M. (2023). Robotic technologies, touch and posthuman embodiment in queer dementia care. SENSES & SOCIETY, 18(2), 126-138. doi:10.1080/17458927.2023.2179239
2022
Maternal-Fetal Microchimerism and Genetic Origins: Some Socio-legal Implications
Shildrick, M. (2022). Maternal-Fetal Microchimerism and Genetic Origins: Some Socio-legal Implications. SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN VALUES, 47(6), 1231-1252. doi:10.1177/01622439221090686
Stem Cell Transplantation, Microchimerism and Assemblages
Shildrick, M. (2022). Stem Cell Transplantation, Microchimerism and Assemblages. In Philosophy and Medicine (pp. 195-212). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-04166-2_14
2021
Hauntological dimensions of heart transplantation: the onto-epistemologies of deceased donation
Shildrick, M. (2021). Hauntological dimensions of heart transplantation: the onto-epistemologies of deceased donation. MEDICAL HUMANITIES, 47(4), 388-396. doi:10.1136/medhum-2020-011982
Transplantation: changing biotechnologies and imaginaries
McCormack, D., & Shildrick, M. (2021). Transplantation: changing biotechnologies and imaginaries. MEDICAL HUMANITIES, 47(4), 385-387. doi:10.1136/medhum-2021-012348
2020
Queering the Social Imaginaries of the Dead
Shildrick, M. (2020). Queering the Social Imaginaries of the Dead. AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST STUDIES, 35(104), 170-185. doi:10.1080/08164649.2020.1791690
The minority body: A theory of disability
Shildrick, M. (2020). The minority body: A theory of disability. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY, 19(SUPPL 1), 82-85. doi:10.1057/s41296-018-00290-z
CRITICAL DISABILITY STUDIES Rethinking the conventions for the age of postmodernity
Shildrick, M. (2020). CRITICAL DISABILITY STUDIES Rethinking the conventions for the age of postmodernity. In ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF DISABILITY STUDIES, 2ND EDITION (pp. 32-44). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2019
Body Shock: Unsettling the Biosciences Through Postconventional Materialities
Shildrick, M. (2019). Body Shock: Unsettling the Biosciences Through Postconventional Materialities. SOMATECHNICS, 9(2), 206-222. doi:10.3366/soma.2019.0280
Breaking the boundaries of the broken body
Shildrick, M., & Price, J. (2019). Breaking the boundaries of the broken body. In Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader (pp. 432-444).
Feminist theory and the body: A Reader
Price, J., & Shildrick, M. (2019). Feminist theory and the body: A Reader.
Mapping the colonial body: Sexual economies and the state in colonial India
Price, J., & Shildrick, M. (2019). Mapping the colonial body: Sexual economies and the state in colonial India. In Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader (pp. 388-398).
Neoliberalism and Embodied Precarity: Some Crip Responses
Shildrick, M. (2019). Neoliberalism and Embodied Precarity: Some Crip Responses. SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY, 118(3), 595-613. doi:10.1215/00382876-7616175
Donor Family and Recipient Anonymity: Time for Change
Poole, J., Shildrick, M., Abbey, S., Bachmann, I., Carnie, A., Dal Bo, D., . . . Ross, H. (2019). Donor Family and Recipient Anonymity: Time for Change. In JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION Vol. 38 (pp. S92-S93). doi:10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.214
(Micro)chimerism, Immunity and Temporality: Rethinking the Ecology of Life and Death
Shildrick, M. (2019). (Micro)chimerism, Immunity and Temporality: Rethinking the Ecology of Life and Death. AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST STUDIES, 34(99), 10-24. doi:10.1080/08164649.2019.1611527
2018
Before the cut Rethinking genital identity
Shildrick, M., & Holm, M. -L. (2019). Before the cut Rethinking genital identity. In Unknown Book (pp. 272-286). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Visual Rhetorics and the Seductions of the Monstrous: Some Precautionary Observations
Shildrick, M. (2018). Visual Rhetorics and the Seductions of the Monstrous: Some Precautionary Observations. SOMATECHNICS, 8(2), 163-177. doi:10.3366/soma.2018.0248
Re/membering the Body
Shildrick, M. (2018). Re/membering the Body. In A Feminist Companion to the Posthumanities (pp. 165-174). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62140-1_14
Messy entanglements: research assemblages in heart transplantation discourses and practices
Shildrick, M., Carnie, A., Wright, A., McKeever, P., Jan, E. H. -C., De Luca, E., . . . Ross, H. (2018). Messy entanglements: research assemblages in heart transplantation discourses and practices. MEDICAL HUMANITIES, 44(1), 46-54. doi:10.1136/medhum-2017-011212
2017
Breaking the Boundaries of the Broken Body
Shildrick, M., & Price, J. (2017). Breaking the Boundaries of the Broken Body. In Feminist Theory and the Body (pp. 432-444). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315094106-49
Feminist Theory and the Body
Price, J., & Shildrick, M. (n.d.). Feminist Theory and the Body. J. Price, & M. Shildrick (Eds.), Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315094106
Mapping the Colonial Body: Sexual Economies and the State in Colonial India
Price, J., & Shildrick, M. (2017). Mapping the Colonial Body: Sexual Economies and the State in Colonial India. In Feminist Theory and the Body (pp. 388-398). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315094106-44
Openings on the Body: A Critical Introduction
Shildrick, M., & Price, J. (2017). Openings on the Body: A Critical Introduction. In Feminist Theory and the Body (pp. 1-14). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315094106-1
Border Crossings The Technologies of Disability and Desire
Shildrick, M. (2017). Border Crossings The Technologies of Disability and Desire. In CULTURE - THEORY - DISABILITY: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN DISABILITY STUDIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (pp. 137-151). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
2016
Grief and loss for patients before and after heart transplant
Poole, J., Ward, J., DeLuca, E., Shildrick, M., Abbey, S., Mauthner, O., & Ross, H. (2016). Grief and loss for patients before and after heart transplant. HEART & LUNG, 45(3), 193-198. doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2016.01.006
Fleshing Out Feminist Theory
Shildrick, M. (2016). Fleshing Out Feminist Theory. Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research, 17(1), 6-14. doi:10.13060/12130028.2016.17.1.251
Gut Feminism
Shildrick, M. (2016). Gut Feminism. In CONTEMPORARY WOMENS WRITING Vol. 10 (pp. 143-145). doi:10.1093/cww/vpw002
2015
Leaky Bodies and Boundaries
Shildrick, M. (n.d.). Leaky Bodies and Boundaries. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315004952
"Why Should Our Bodies End at the Skin?": Embodiment, Boundaries, and Somatechnics
Shildrick, M. (2015). "Why Should Our Bodies End at the Skin?": Embodiment, Boundaries, and Somatechnics. HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY, 30(1), 13-29. doi:10.1111/hypa.12114
Canadian Society of Transplantation Members' Views on Anonymity in Organ Donation and Transplantation
Gewarges, M., Poole, J., De Luca, E., Shildrick, M., Abbey, S., Mauthner, O., & Ross, H. (2015). Canadian Society of Transplantation Members' Views on Anonymity in Organ Donation and Transplantation. TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, 47(10), 2799-2804. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.09.042
Rethinking bibliometric data concerning gender studies: a response to Soderlund and Madison
Lundgren, S., Shildrick, M., & Lawrence, D. (2015). Rethinking bibliometric data concerning gender studies: a response to Soderlund and Madison. SCIENTOMETRICS, 105(3), 1389-1398. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1767-3
Heart transplants: Identity disruption, bodily integrity and interconnectedness
Mauthner, O. E., De Luca, E., Poole, J. M., Abbey, S. E., Shildrick, M., Gewarges, M., & Ross, H. J. (2015). Heart transplants: Identity disruption, bodily integrity and interconnectedness. HEALTH, 19(6), 578-594. doi:10.1177/1363459314560067
Living On; Not Getting Better
Shildrick, M. (2015). Living On; Not Getting Better. Feminist Review, 111(1), 10-24. doi:10.1057/fr.2015.22
Chimerism and Immunitas The Emergence of a Posthumanist Biophilosophy
Shildrick, M. (2016). Chimerism and Immunitas The Emergence of a Posthumanist Biophilosophy. In RESISTING BIOPOLITICS: PHILOSOPHICAL, POLITICAL, AND PERFORMATIVE STRATEGIES (Vol. 71, pp. 95-108). Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Estranged Bodies: Shifting Paradigms and the Biomedical Imaginary
Shildrick, M., & Steinberg, D. L. (2015). Estranged Bodies: Shifting Paradigms and the Biomedical Imaginary. BODY & SOCIETY, 21(3), 3-19. doi:10.1177/1357034X15586242
Staying Alive: Affect, Identity and Anxiety in Organ Transplantation
Shildrick, M. (2015). Staying Alive: Affect, Identity and Anxiety in Organ Transplantation. BODY & SOCIETY, 21(3), 20-41. doi:10.1177/1357034X15585886
Willfiil Subjects
Shildrick, M. (2015). Willfiil Subjects. SIGNS, 41(1), 227-228. doi:10.1086/681777
Women and the gift: beyond the given and the all-giving
Shildrick, M. (2015). Women and the gift: beyond the given and the all-giving. JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, 24(3), 373-376. doi:10.1080/09589236.2014.960306
Death, debility and disability
Shildrick, M. (2015). Death, debility and disability. FEMINISM & PSYCHOLOGY, 25(1), 155-160. doi:10.1177/0959353514562816
living on; not getting better
Shildrick, M. (2015). living on; not getting better. FEMINIST REVIEW, (111), 10-24. doi:10.1057/ft.2015.22
2014
Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) Members' Views on Anonymity in Organ Transplantation
Gewarges, M., Poole, J., De Luca, E., Shildrick, M., Abbey, S., Mauthner, O., & Ross, H. J. (2014). Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST) Members' Views on Anonymity in Organ Transplantation. In JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION Vol. 33 (pp. S309). doi:10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.832
Getting Ready and Then Keeping Quiet? Exploring Grief With Pre and Post-Transplant Patients
Poole, J. M., Ward, J., De Luca, E., Shildrick, M., Abbey, S., Mauthner, O., . . . Ross, H. J. (2014). Getting Ready and Then Keeping Quiet? Exploring Grief With Pre and Post-Transplant Patients. In JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION Vol. 33 (pp. S222-S223). doi:10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.577
2013
Re-imagining Embodiment: Prostheses, Supplements and Boundaries
Shildrick, M. (2013). Re-imagining Embodiment: Prostheses, Supplements and Boundaries. Somatechnics, 3(2), 270-286. doi:10.3366/soma.2013.0098
Critical disability studies: rethinking the conventions for the age of postmodernity
Critical disability studies: rethinking the conventions for the age of postmodernity (2013). In Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies (pp. 44-55). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203144114-9
2012
Imagining the Heart: Incorporations, Intrusions and Identity
Shildrick, M. (2012). Imagining the Heart: Incorporations, Intrusions and Identity. Somatechnics, 2(2), 233-249. doi:10.3366/soma.2012.0059
Hospitality and ‘the Gift of Life’: Reconfiguring the Other in Heart Transplantation
Shildrick, M. (2012). Hospitality and ‘the Gift of Life’: Reconfiguring the Other in Heart Transplantation. In Embodied Selves (pp. 196-208). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137283696_12
2011
Qualitative interviews vs standardized self-report questionnaires in assessing quality of life in heart transplant recipients.
Abbey, S. E., De Luca, E., Mauthner, O. E., McKeever, P., Shildrick, M., Poole, J. M., . . . Ross, H. J. (2011). Qualitative interviews vs standardized self-report questionnaires in assessing quality of life in heart transplant recipients.. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 30(8), 963-966. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.017
Introduction: The Antinomies of a Phenomenal Woman
Howie, G., & Shildrick, M. (2011). Introduction: The Antinomies of a Phenomenal Woman. In Women: A Cultural Review Vol. 22 (pp. 117-124). Informa UK Limited. doi:10.1080/09574042.2011.565565
The obligation to say 'Thank you': heart transplant recipients' experience of writing to the donor family.
Poole, J. M., Shildrick, M., De Luca, E., Abbey, S. E., Mauthner, O. E., McKeever, P. D., & Ross, H. J. (2011). The obligation to say 'Thank you': heart transplant recipients' experience of writing to the donor family.. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 11(3), 619-622. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03419.x
On Heart Transplants and Distress: A Qualitative Response to Selves & Burroughs’ Letter
Poole, J. M., Shildrick, M., De Luca, E., Abbey, S. E., Mauthner, O. E., McKeever, P. D., & Ross, H. J. (2011). On Heart Transplants and Distress: A Qualitative Response to Selves & Burroughs’ Letter. American Journal of Transplantation, 11(9), 1996-1997. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03664.x
2010
Some Reflections on the Socio-cultural and Bioscientific Limits of Bodily Integrity
Shildrick, M. (2010). Some Reflections on the Socio-cultural and Bioscientific Limits of Bodily Integrity. Body & Society, 16(3), 11-22. doi:10.1177/1357034x10373408
What they say versus what we see: "hidden" distress and impaired quality of life in heart transplant recipients.
Ross, H., Abbey, S., De Luca, E., Mauthner, O., McKeever, P., Shildrick, M., & Poole, J. (2010). What they say versus what we see: "hidden" distress and impaired quality of life in heart transplant recipients.. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 29(10), 1142-1149. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2010.05.009
2009
"You might not feel like yourself": On heart transplants, identity, and ethics
Poole, J. M., Shildrick, M., McKeever, P., Abbey, S., & Ross, H. (2009). "You might not feel like yourself": On heart transplants, identity, and ethics. In Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare: Challenging the Principle of Autonomy in Bioethics (pp. 33-44).
Dangerous Discourses of Disability, Subjectivity and Sexuality
Shildrick, M. (2009). Dangerous Discourses of Disability, Subjectivity and Sexuality. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230244641
The postconventional body: retheorising women's health.
Einstein, G., & Shildrick, M. (2009). The postconventional body: retheorising women's health.. Social science & medicine (1982), 69(2), 293-300. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.027
Troubling dimensions of heart transplantation.
Shildrick, M., McKeever, P., Abbey, S., Poole, J., & Ross, H. (2009). Troubling dimensions of heart transplantation.. Medical humanities, 35(1), 35-38. doi:10.1136/jmh.2008.001073
2008
Corporeal Cuts: Surgery and the Psycho-social
Shildrick, M. (2008). Corporeal Cuts: Surgery and the Psycho-social. Body & Society, 14(1), 31-46. doi:10.1177/1357034x07087529
2007
A Response to Bardach and Hannabach
Shildrick, M. (2007). A Response to Bardach and Hannabach. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 8(3), 263-268. doi:10.1080/15240650701226557
Dangerous Discourses: Anxiety, Desire, and Disability
Shildrick, M. (2007). Dangerous Discourses: Anxiety, Desire, and Disability. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 8(3), 221-244. doi:10.1080/15240650701226490
2005
THE DISABLED BODY, GENEALOGY AND UNDECIDABILITY
Shildrick, M. (2005). THE DISABLED BODY, GENEALOGY AND UNDECIDABILITY. Cultural Studies, 19(6), 755-770. doi:10.1080/09502380500365754
Transgressing the law with Foucault and Derrida: some reflections on anomalous embodiment
Shildrick, M. (2005). Transgressing the law with Foucault and Derrida: some reflections on anomalous embodiment. Critical Quarterly, 47(3), 30-46. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8705.2005.00648.x
Unreformed Bodies: Normative Anxiety and the Denial of Pleasure
SHILDRICK, M. (2005). Unreformed Bodies: Normative Anxiety and the Denial of Pleasure. Women's Studies, 34(3-4), 327-344. doi:10.1080/00497870590964219
2004
Third Wave Feminism
Gillis, S., Howie, G., & Munford, R. (Eds.) (2004). Third Wave Feminism. Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230523173
Genetics, Normativity, and Ethics
Shildrick, M. (2004). Genetics, Normativity, and Ethics. Feminist Theory, 5(2), 149-165. doi:10.1177/1464700104045405
2003
‘You are there, like my skin’
‘You are there, like my skin’ (2003). In Thinking Through the Skin (pp. 174-188). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203165706-17
Relative Responsibilities
Shildrick, M. (2003). Relative Responsibilities. Women: A Cultural Review, 14(2), 182-194. doi:10.1080/09574040310104
2001
Some speculations on matters of touch.
Shildrick, M. (2001). Some speculations on matters of touch.. The Journal of medicine and philosophy, 26(4), 387-404. doi:10.1076/jmep.26.4.387.3007
Reappraising feminist ethics
Shildrick, M. (2001). Reappraising feminist ethics. Feminist Theory, 2(2), 233-244. doi:10.1177/14647000122229505
2000
Maternal Imagination: Reconceiving First Impressions
Shildrick, M. (2000). Maternal Imagination: Reconceiving First Impressions. Rethinking History, 4(3), 243-260. doi:10.1080/136425200456958
Shildrick, M. (2000). Unknown Title. Journal of Medical Humanities, 21(4), 215-227. doi:10.1023/a:1009025125203
1999
This Body Which is Not One: Dealing with Differences
SHILDRICK, M. (1999). This Body Which is Not One: Dealing with Differences. Body & Society, 5(2-3), 77-92. doi:10.1177/1357034x99005002005
Openings on the Body: A Critical Introduction
Shildrick, M., & Price, J. (1999). Openings on the Body: A Critical Introduction. In Feminist Theory and the Body (pp. 1-14). Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.1515/9781474471770-002
1996
Breaking the Boundaries of the Broken Body
SHILDRICK, M., & PRICE, J. (1996). Breaking the Boundaries of the Broken Body. Body & Society, 2(4), 93-113. doi:10.1177/1357034x96002004006
Posthumanism and the Monstrous Body
SHILDRICK, M. (1996). Posthumanism and the Monstrous Body. Body & Society, 2(1), 1-15. doi:10.1177/1357034x96002001001