Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives

Author : Emilia Nielsen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487504373

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Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives by Emilia Nielsen Pdf

Engaging with discussions surrounding the culture of disease, Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives explores politically insistent narratives of illness. Resisting the optimism of pink ribbon culture, these stories use anger as a starting place to reframe cancer as a collective rather than an individual problem. Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives discusses the ways emotion, gender, and sexuality, in relation to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, all become complicated, relational, and questioning. Providing theoretically informed close-readings of breast cancer narratives, this study explores how disruption functions both personally and politically. Highlighting a number of contributors in the field of health and gender studies including Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathlyn Conway, Audre Lorde, and Teva Harrison, this work takes into account documentary film, television, and social media as popular mediums used to explore stories of disease.

Author : Mary K. DeShazer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780472118823

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Mammographies by Mary K. DeShazer Pdf

While breast cancer continues to affect the lives of millions, contemporary writers and artists have responded to the ravages of the disease in creative expression. Mary K. DeShazer’s book looks specifically at breast cancer memoirs and photographic narratives, a category she refers to as mammographies, signifying both the imaging technology by which most Western women discover they have this disease and the documentary imperatives that drive their written and visual accounts of it. Mammographies argues that breast cancer narratives of the past ten years differ from their predecessors in their bold address of previously neglected topics such as the link between cancer and environmental carcinogens, the ethics and efficacy of genetic testing and prophylactic mastectomy, and the shifting politics of prosthesis and reconstruction. Mammographies is distinctive among studies of contemporary illness narratives in its exclusive focus on breast cancer, its analysis of both memoirs and photographic texts, its attention to hybrid and collaborative narratives, and its emphasis on ecological, genetic, transnational, queer, and anti-pink discourses. DeShazer’s methodology—best characterized as literary critical, feminist, and interdisciplinary—includes detailed interpretation of the narrative strategies, thematic contours, and visual imagery of a wide range of contemporary breast cancer memoirs and photographic anthologies. The author explores the ways in which the narratives constitute a distinctive testimonial and memorial tradition, a claim supported by close readings and theoretical analysis that demonstrates how these narratives question hegemonic cultural discourses, empower reader-viewers as empathic witnesses, and provide communal sites for mourning, resisting, and remembering.

Author : Emily K. Abel,Saskia K. Subramanian
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814707364

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After the Cure by Emily K. Abel,Saskia K. Subramanian Pdf

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design Chemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that plague some breast-cancer survivors long after their treatments have officially ended. While there are hundreds of books about breast cancer, ranging from practical medical advice to inspirational stories of survivors, what has been missing until now is testimony from the thousands of women who continue to struggle with persistent health problems. After the Cure is a compelling read filled with fascinating portraits of more than seventy women who are living with the aftermath of breast cancer. Emily K. Abel is one of these women. She and her colleague, Saskia K. Subramanian, whose mother died of cancer, interviewed more than seventy breast cancer survivors who have suffered from post-treatment symptoms. Having heard repeatedly that “the problems are all in your head,” many don't know where to turn for help. The doctors who now refuse to validate their symptoms are often the very ones they depended on to provide life-saving treatments. Sometimes family members who provided essential support through months of chemotherapy and radiation don't believe them. Their work lives, already disrupted by both cancer and its treatment, are further undermined by the lingering symptoms. And every symptom serves as a constant reminder of the trauma of diagnosis, the ordeal of treatment, and the specter of recurrence. Most narratives about surviving breast cancer end with the conclusion of chemotherapy and radiation, painting stereotypical portraits of triumphantly healthy survivors, women who not only survive but emerge better and stronger than before. Here, at last, survivors step out of the shadows and speak compellingly about their “real” stories, giving voice to the complicated, often painful realities of life after the cure. This book received funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Author : Jennifer Zilm
Publisher : Essential Poets (Ecco)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1771832770

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The Missing Field by Jennifer Zilm Pdf

Jennifer Zilm's poetry collection, The Missing Field, concerns themes of translation, preservation and the engagement with the transitory documents of everyday life, whether a snapshot of a Vancouver bus, postcards from the Middle East, lecture notes on Euripides, a van Gogh museum catalogue or marginalia in a water-damaged collection of Rilke poems.

Author : Lynne E. Angus,John McLeod
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0761926844

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The Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy by Lynne E. Angus,John McLeod Pdf

The narrative turn in psychotherapy entails practitioners seeing their work as appreciating client stories and helping clients re-author their life stories. Twenty-one chapters, presented by Angus (York U., UK) and McLeod (U. of Abertay Dundee, UK) bring together different strands of thinking ab

Author : Cheryl Mattingly,Linda C. Garro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520218256

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Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing by Cheryl Mattingly,Linda C. Garro Pdf

"A valuable collection. . . . The essays in the volume are all fresh, the result of recent work, and the opening chapter by Garro and Mattingly places the current trend in narrative analysis in historical context, explaining its diverse origins (and constructs) in a range of disciplines."—Shirley Lindenbaum, author of Kuru Sorcery "A good place to consult the narrative turn in medical anthropology. Thick with the richness and diversity and stubborn resistance to interpretations of human stories of illness. An anthropological antidote for too narrow a framing of the complex tangle of ways-of-being and ways-of-telling that make medicine a space of indelibly human experiences." —Arthur Kleinman, author of The Illness Narratives

Author : Kathlyn Conway
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472032356

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Ordinary Life by Kathlyn Conway Pdf

A searingly honest account of one woman's ordeal with cancer that offers insights into all the emotions and reactions that illness evokes---sometimes noble, sometimes selfish, often despairing

Author : Anthony Back,Robert Arnold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139477925

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Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients by Anthony Back,Robert Arnold Pdf

Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential and spiritual issues, family conferences, medical futility, and other conflicts at the end of life. Drs Anthony Back, Robert Arnold, and James Tulsky bring together empirical research as well as their own experience to provide a roadmap through difficult conversations about life-threatening issues. The book offers both a theoretical framework and practical conversational tools that the practising physician and clinician can use to improve communication skills, increase satisfaction, and protect themselves from burnout.

Author : Mitzi Blennerhassett
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 9781846190100

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Nothing Personal by Mitzi Blennerhassett Pdf

This is a remarkable book. It is the story of just one person but it is repeated time and time again by many, all over the world. She has a complex but potentially curable cancer from the outset - one that requires a surgical intervention, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to treat optimally. So Mitzi experiences everything. With a young and very active family to look after, she has a lot to live for so how she deals with uncertainty is fascinating. The disruption to her life by the cancer and its treatment is massive and to add to it all she is going through a marital breakdown at the same time.I feel it's an incredible privilege to be allowed to follow her journey so closely. 'This is essential reading for all who deal with cancer patients - health professionals, politicians, health service developers, carers and, of course, patients themselves. It clearly gives us a distillation of what cancer patients want. We need to create a new network of modern cancer centres where the latest technology in radiotherapy and chemotherapy is seamlessly delivered in a comfortable, welcoming environment. Novel information technology can be used to link the centres so every patient will be monitored to get the best possible treatment.'

Author : Natalie Boero,Katherine Mason
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190842475

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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment by Natalie Boero,Katherine Mason Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment introduces the sociological research methods and subjects that are key to the growing field of body and embodiment studies. With an emphasis on empirical evidence and diverse lived experiences, this handbook demonstrates how studying the bodily offers unique insights into a range of social norms, institutions, and practices.

Author : Oreste Gentilini,Ann H. Partridge,Olivia Pagani
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030247621

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Breast Cancer in Young Women by Oreste Gentilini,Ann H. Partridge,Olivia Pagani Pdf

This contributed book covers all aspects concerning the clinical scenario of breast cancer in young women, providing physicians with the latest information on the topic. Young women are a special subset of patients whose care requires dedicated expertise. The book, written and edited by internationally recognized experts who have been directly involved in the international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women, pays particular attention to how the disease and its planned treatment can be effectively communicated to young patients. Highly informative and carefully structured, it provides both theoretical and practice-oriented insight for practitioners and professionals involved in the different phases of treatment, from diagnosis to intervention, to follow-up – without neglecting the important role played by prevention.

Author : Rita Charon,Eric R. Marcus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical personnel and patient
ISBN : 9780199360192

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The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine by Rita Charon,Eric R. Marcus Pdf

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine articulates the ideas, methods, and practices of narrative medicine. Written by the originators of the field, this book provides the authoritative starting place for any clinicians or scholars committed to learning of and eventually teaching or practicing narrative medicine.

Author : Anne Kerr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1526141027

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Personalised Cancer Medicine by Anne Kerr Pdf

Author : Dorothea Lynch,Eugene Richards
Publisher : Steve Parish
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : UOM:39015010993130

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Exploding Into Life by Dorothea Lynch,Eugene Richards Pdf

"In 1978, thirty-four-year-old Dorothea Lynch discovered she had breast cancer. In an attempt to gain control of the disease and communicate her experience to others, she asked her longtime companion, Eugene Richards, to visually document her struggle while she kept a written diary. Exploding Into Life is the synthesis of their two experiences. What begins as their need to know the facts about cancer becomes, as the years pass, a highly personal inquiry into what it means to be alive, to face the uncertain future, and to accept death. The book that results is a testament to a woman's strength, intelligence, and sensitivity as she confronts cancer, a medical care system, and cultural attitudes towards illness and mortality"--Eugene Richards' website, viewed on December 1, 2014.

Author : Jackie Stacey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136185403

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Teratologies by Jackie Stacey Pdf

Stories of cancer are full of monster and marvels; the monstrousness of the disease and the treatments, the marvels of the cures and the saved lives. Still one of the most dreaded diseases to haunt our imaginations, cancer is more than an illness - it is a cultural phenomenon. People who have cancer are bombarded with competing explanations of their conditions: it is genetically inherited; it is environmentally produced; it is the result of their personality. Teratologies - A Cultural Study of Cancer investigates how this disease is perceived, experienced and theorised in contemporary society. It explores changing beliefs about the causes of, and the cures for, cancer in both biomedicine and its increasingly popular alternative counterparts. Analysing conventional and alternative medical accounts, self-help manuals and patients' personal stories, Jackie Stacey takes a critical look at the place of heroes, metaphors, the self and the body in these competing bids to produce the authoritative definition of the meaning of cancer today. Interspersed with these detailed textual investigations are discussions of broader issues such as the feminist debates about the history of science, the place of consumer culture in health practices and the status of patients and of health professionals in postmodern society. Combining authobiographical narratives with contemporary theoretical debates, the author carves out a specifically feminist analysis of the cultural dimensions of cancer. She brings accounts of her own illness under the critical lens of academic scrutiny and situates these personal stories within a discussion of contemporary cultural change.