Ideologies of Breast Cancer
Laura . Ed(S): Potts
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Description for Ideologies of Breast Cancer
Paperback. By drawing together a wide range of recent contemporary thought and research, sharing a feminist perspective which asserts the presence of women with the disease, the many meanings of breast cancer are revealed. Editor(s): Potts, Laura. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Ideologies of Breast Cancer provides a unique consideration of the role of this increasingly common disease. By drawing together a wide range of recent contemporary thought and research, sharing a feminist perspective which asserts the presence of women with the disease, the many meanings of breast cancer are revealed. Individual chapters consider issues of risk, environmental justice, political activism in California, women's construction of breast cancer knowledge, popular media representations of the disease, and published autobiographical narratives.
Ideologies of Breast Cancer provides a unique consideration of the role of this increasingly common disease. By drawing together a wide range of recent contemporary thought and research, sharing a feminist perspective which asserts the presence of women with the disease, the many meanings of breast cancer are revealed. Individual chapters consider issues of risk, environmental justice, political activism in California, women's construction of breast cancer knowledge, popular media representations of the disease, and published autobiographical narratives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333754207
SKU
V9780333754207
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99-15
About Laura . Ed(S): Potts
JENNIFER FISHMAN Doctoral Student in Sociology, Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of California, San Francisco JENNIFER FOSKET Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, University of California, San Francisco NINA HALLOWELL Senior Research Associate, Centre for Family Research, Cambridge University, England MAREN KLAWITER PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley CERISE SAYWELL CHRISTY SIMPSON PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Dalhousie ... Read more
Reviews for Ideologies of Breast Cancer
'It should be required reading for any serious scholar searching for answers about breast cancer.' - Feminist Collections