Bodies Unbound is a story about the relationship between bodies and gender. Drawing on the experiences of individuals whose bodies and gender identities don't match medical and social expectations, Piper Sledge explores how ideologies of gendered bodies shape medical care when medical professionals use their position of authority to dictate which combinations of bodies and genders are legitimate or not.
Bodies Unbound is a story about the relationship between bodies and gender. Drawing on the experiences of individuals whose bodies and gender identities don't match medical and social expectations, Piper Sledge explores how ideologies of gendered bodies shape medical care when medical professionals use their position of authority to dictate which combinations of bodies and genders are legitimate or not.
PIPER SLEDGE is an assistant professor of sociology and affiliated faculty with the Gender and Sexuality Studies, Health Studies, and Africana Studies programs at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
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Contents List of Tables List of Images Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Entering Enemy Territory 2. Choosing Mastectomy 3. Returning to Normal 4. Ideologies of Gender in Surgical Cancer Care Conclusion Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
Contents List of Tables List of Images Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Entering Enemy Territory 2. Choosing Mastectomy 3. Returning to Normal 4. Ideologies of Gender in Surgical Cancer Care Conclusion Methodological Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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