An examination of surgical breast reconstruction which establishes a strong link between, on the one hand, the personal feelings and actions of women with breast cancer, and on the other, powerful discourses and practices of the breast cancer movement.
Autorentext
SAMANTHA CROMPVOETS received her doctorate from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. She has taught sociology of health and qualitative research methods. Her interests include Medical Sociology, women's health, Sociology of rural health and qualitative methodology.
Inhalt
List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Acronyms An Unacceptable Body Narratives of the Self Pink Advocacy: Camaraderie, Competition and the Making of a Breast Cancer Career Practices and Prostheses Breast Reconstruction Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Titel
Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body
Untertitel
Recovering the Self
Autor
EAN
9780230599789
ISBN
978-0-230-59978-9
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
13.04.2006
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.53 MB
Anzahl Seiten
177
Jahr
2006
Untertitel
Englisch
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