Ideologies of Breast Cancer

Feminist Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Ideologies of Breast Cancer provides a unique consideration of the role of this increasingly common disease. By drawing together a wide range of recent contemporary thought and research, sharing a feminist perspective which asserts the presence of women with the disease, the many meanings of breast cancer are revealed. Individual chapters consider issues of risk, environmental justice, political activism in California, women's construction of breast cancer knowledge, popular media representations of the disease, and published autobiographical narratives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-10-11
Mått140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor213
Upplaga1999
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333754207

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JENNIFER FISHMAN Doctoral Student in Sociology, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of California, San FranciscoJENNIFER FOSKET Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, University of California, San FranciscoNINA HALLOWELL Senior Research Associate, Centre for Family Research, Cambridge University, EnglandMAREN KLAWITER PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of California, BerkeleyCERISE SAYWELLCHRISTY SIMPSON PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: MEANINGS OF BREAST CANCER Problematizing Biomedicine: Women's Constructions of Breast Cancer Knowledge; J.Fosket Sexualised Illness: The Newsworthy Body in Media Representations of Breast Cancer; C.Saywell Racing for the Cure, Walking Women, and Toxic Touring: Mapping Cultures of Action within the Bay Area Terrain of Breast Cancer; M.Klawiter Publishing the Personal: Autobiographical Narratives of Breast Cancer and the Self; L.Potts PART II: DISCOURSES OF RISK AND BREAST CANCER Controversies in Breast Cancer Prevention: The Discourse of Risk; C.Simpson Reconstructing the Body or Reconstructing the Woman? Problems of Prophylactic Mastectomy for Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk; N.Hallowell Assessing Breast Cancer: Risk, Science and Environmental Activism in an 'At Risk' Community; J.Fishman Index