S. Crompvoets

Breast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body (eBook, PDF)

Recovering the Self

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230599789
• Artikelnr.: 44925284

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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