Marissa C. McKinley

PCOS Discourses, Symbolic Impacts, and Feminist Rhetorical Disruptions of Institutional Hegemonies

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines media and clinical discourses and their impact on women with PCOS. Findings from the study reveal that while women with PCOS have limited agency in constructing and representing their identities and ontologies in traditional media, by networking in participatory new media, these women can reclaim their agency.

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Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 397g
• ISBN-13: 9781666905502
• ISBN-10: 166690550X
• Artikelnr.: 68174263

Autorenporträt

Marissa C. McKinley is assistant teaching professor of English at Quinnipiac University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Hegemonic Institutions and Discourses and the Subjugation of the
Female Body
Chapter 2: RHM Contributions, Edifications, and Feminist Positions About
the Body
Chapter 3: Studying PCOS in Digital and Mass Media Through the Feminist
Communitarian Model
Chapter 4: Constructing, Representing, and Responding to PCOS in Mass
Media: Enforcing and Offering Alternatives for the Hairlessness Norm and
Performing Disidentification and Identification
Chapter 5: Fulfilling Rhetorical Needs in Cyberspace: Health Advocacy and
Patient Empowerment in myPCOSteam
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Looking Toward the Future of PCOS Rhetorical Work
Appendix
Works Cited
About the Author